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Those who want to explore how we experience languages, acquire languages, and interact with languages will find in this book current sociolinguistic approaches to multilingualism – focusing first on acting and experiencing subjects, then on established discourses and language ideologies, and finally on spatially and temporally situated practices. The language biographical work presented by Brigitta Busch in 2013 is now considered an internationally recognized method for the scientific collection and analysis of linguistic repertoires. The new edition has been expanded to include sections on sign languages, migration and language policy realignments under the banner of so-called security policies, everyday practices of media use, as well as language regimes in urban spaces and the workplace.