Multilingual Identities: New Global Perspectives

«Du Bois and Baumgarten provide a measured and effective analysis of increasing global multilingualism, and their book acts as an excellent source of cutting-edge social research to stimulate discussion in classrooms and research centres alike.» (Zuzana Elliott, The Linguist List 06/2014)

Inke Du Bois studied English and Spanish Linguistics at the universities of Kiel (Germany) and Barcelona (Spain). She received her MA in English Linguistics from San Francisco State University (USA) and her doctorate in Applied Linguistics from Hamburg University (Germany). She currently works as a lecturer and researcher at the University of Bremen. Her research interests include multilingualism, youth migrant ethnolect and linguistic profiling in urban settings.
Nicole Baumgarten studied English Philology, Modern and Medieval History, and Law at the universities of Kiel and Aberdeen (UK) and Sociology at the University of Hamburg. She received her MA degree in English Philology from the University of Kiel and her Dr. phil. in Applied Linguistics from the University of Hamburg. She currently holds a position as an Associate Professor of English at the University of Southern Denmark at Sønderborg. Her research interests lie in the areas of non-native English and English as a Lingua Franca, identity construction in L2 discourse and language contact.