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Migrations focuses on the impact of migrations on English language, literature and language acquisition. Contributions to the volume bring together diverse methods and historical periods, spanning fields such as literature and cultural studies, film and theatre, general linguistics, sociolinguistics, and English language history. Migrations comprises stimulating essays on language contact, ELF, lexicology, mono-, bi-, multilingualism, exile literature, multicultural identity, migrant experience, colonialism, and war on terror. The variety of approaches underscores migration as an all-encompassing phenomenon, and provides the readers with a wide array of tools for further research. Appealing to experienced academics and students alike.