Provides an overview of topics and research foci in the areas of linguistic diversity and migration-induced multilingualism and aims to lay the foundations for interdisciplinary work and the development of a common methodological framework for the field.

1. Introducing a new series; 2. Multilingualism, language contact, and urban areas: An introduction (by Gogolin, Ingrid); 3. Language acquisition, contact and change; 4. Voice onset time across the generations: A cross-linguistic study of contact-induced change (by Nagy, Naomi); 5. Investigating second language pronunciation (by O'Brien, Mary Grantham); 6. Ethnolects in Northern Norway: From national negligence to local linguistic pride (by Sollid, Hilde); 7. Two gender systems in one mind: The acquisition of grammatical gender in Norwegian-Russian bilinguals (by Rodina, Yulia); 8. Multilingual identities; 9. Selfing and othering through categories of race, place, and language among minority youths in Rotterdam, The Netherlands (by Cornips, Leonie); 10. Multilingualism and identity: What linguistic biographies of migrants can tell us (by Krumm, Hans-Jurgen); 11. Ethnolect studies in the German and the Netherlandic area: An overview (by Muysken, Pieter); 12. Urban spaces; 13. The delicate search for language in spaces: Multilingualism as a resource in urban development? (by Breckner, Ingrid); 14. The management of multilingualism in a city-state: Language policy in Singapore (by Leimgruber, Jakob); 15. Multilingual communication in Hamburg: A pragmatic approach (by Redder, Angelika); 16. Education; 17. Current research on language transfer: Implications for language teaching policy and practice (by Cummins, Jim); 18. Multilingual education in India: Overcoming the language barrier and the burden of the double divide (by Mohanty, Ajit); 19. Fostering early literacy learning using dual language books: Language as a cultural amplifier (by Naqvi, Rahat); 20. Measuring success when English isn't your native language: Perspectives from Canada (by Ricento, Thomas); 21. Index; 22. Name index; 23. Subject index