In the introduction to the special issue 'Elite Multilingualism: Discourses, practices, and debates', we focus on 'elite multilingualism' as a means to provide a window into the complex layers and nuances of today's multilingual, mobile and global society. Our aims here are to provide an empirical and conceptual discussion of a growing…

This paper qualitatively documents and analyses the attitudes and identities of female students from the urban disadvantaged social class towards English and Hindi in the city of New Delhi. These attitudes include not only instrumental views of English but also the impression that it creates a new personality for an individual. English is part of…

Objective/subjective and qualitative/quantitative aspects of vitality in Solvang, a Danish-American community in California, are analyzed by ethnographic-like means. The setting represents a radical transformation from a fulfilling Grundtvigian community life to one that attracts tourists with a Danish facade. (52 references) (Author/LB)