Francisco Moreno-Fernández is Alexander von Humboldt Professor at Heidelberg University, Germany, Director of the Center for Ibero-American Studies, and honorary Research Professor at the University of Alcalá, Spain. He is a full member of the Academia Europaea and the Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española, and a corresponding member of the Cuban, Mexican, and Chilean academies of language, as well as the Real Academia Española. He directed the Cervantes Institute centers in São Paulo and Chicago. He was academic director of the Instituto Cervantes (Madrid) and director of the Observatory of Spanish and Hispanic Cultures of the Instituto Cervantes at Harvard University, USA.

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• Introduction1. Demography and DemolinguisticsDemolinguistics and GeodemolinguisticsDemolinguistics and GeographyDenominations for DemolinguisticsThe Precursors of DemolinguisticsSummary2. Linguistics for DemographersFundamental Linguistic ConceptsGeographic ConsiderationsPsychosocial ConsiderationsSocial and Ethnic ConsiderationsLanguage VitalitySummary3. Demography for LinguistsPopulationComposition of the PopulationPopulation DistributionDemographic ChangesMigrationsFrom Facts to TheoriesSummary4. Demolinguistic Data and SourcesDataSourcesAdministrative RegistersCensusesSurveys International and Digital SourcesEncyclopedias, Catalogs, and Other SourcesSummary5. Demolinguistic FactorsSpeakers and Their CommunitiesSpeaker ProfilesExplanatory FactorsSummary6. Demolinguistic AnalysesObjectives and Levels of Demolinguistic AnalysisQualitative and Quantitative AnalysisThe Statistical Elements of DemographyErrors, Biases, and Changes in CriteriaGraphical RepresentationsSummary7. Applications of DemolinguisticsEthnic, Local, and Social Minority LanguagesImmigrant Minority Languages Regional and National LanguagesTransnational Majority LanguagesSummaryConclusion

Francisco Moreno-Fernández is Alexander von Humboldt Professor at Heidelberg University, Germany, Director of the Center for Ibero-American Studies, and honorary Research Professor at the University of Alcalá, Spain. He is a full member of the Academia Europaea and the Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española, and a corresponding member of the Cuban, Mexican, and Chilean academies of language, as well as the Real Academia Española. He directed the Cervantes Institute centers in São Paulo and Chicago. He was academic director of the Instituto Cervantes (Madrid) and director of the Observatory of Spanish and Hispanic Cultures of the Instituto Cervantes at Harvard University, USA.

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• Introduction1. Demography and DemolinguisticsDemolinguistics and GeodemolinguisticsDemolinguistics and GeographyDenominations for DemolinguisticsThe Precursors of DemolinguisticsSummary2. Linguistics for DemographersFundamental Linguistic ConceptsGeographic ConsiderationsPsychosocial ConsiderationsSocial and Ethnic ConsiderationsLanguage VitalitySummary3. Demography for LinguistsPopulationComposition of the PopulationPopulation DistributionDemographic ChangesMigrationsFrom Facts to TheoriesSummary4. Demolinguistic Data and SourcesDataSourcesAdministrative RegistersCensusesSurveys International and Digital SourcesEncyclopedias, Catalogs, and Other SourcesSummary5. Demolinguistic FactorsSpeakers and Their CommunitiesSpeaker ProfilesExplanatory FactorsSummary6. Demolinguistic AnalysesObjectives and Levels of Demolinguistic AnalysisQualitative and Quantitative AnalysisThe Statistical Elements of DemographyErrors, Biases, and Changes in CriteriaGraphical RepresentationsSummary7. Applications of DemolinguisticsEthnic, Local, and Social Minority LanguagesImmigrant Minority Languages Regional and National LanguagesTransnational Majority LanguagesSummaryConclusion

Francisco Moreno-Fernández is Alexander von Humboldt Professor at Heidelberg University, Germany, Director of the Center for Ibero-American Studies, and honorary Research Professor at the University of Alcalá, Spain. He is a full member of the Academia Europaea and the Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española, and a corresponding member of the Cuban, Mexican, and Chilean academies of language, as well as the Real Academia Española. He directed the Cervantes Institute centers in São Paulo and Chicago. He was academic director of the Instituto Cervantes (Madrid) and director of the Observatory of Spanish and Hispanic Cultures of the Instituto Cervantes at Harvard University, USA.

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• Introduction1. Demography and DemolinguisticsDemolinguistics and GeodemolinguisticsDemolinguistics and GeographyDenominations for DemolinguisticsThe Precursors of DemolinguisticsSummary2. Linguistics for DemographersFundamental Linguistic ConceptsGeographic ConsiderationsPsychosocial ConsiderationsSocial and Ethnic ConsiderationsLanguage VitalitySummary3. Demography for LinguistsPopulationComposition of the PopulationPopulation DistributionDemographic ChangesMigrationsFrom Facts to TheoriesSummary4. Demolinguistic Data and SourcesDataSourcesAdministrative RegistersCensusesSurveys International and Digital SourcesEncyclopedias, Catalogs, and Other SourcesSummary5. Demolinguistic FactorsSpeakers and Their CommunitiesSpeaker ProfilesExplanatory FactorsSummary6. Demolinguistic AnalysesObjectives and Levels of Demolinguistic AnalysisQualitative and Quantitative AnalysisThe Statistical Elements of DemographyErrors, Biases, and Changes in CriteriaGraphical RepresentationsSummary7. Applications of DemolinguisticsEthnic, Local, and Social Minority LanguagesImmigrant Minority Languages Regional and National LanguagesTransnational Majority LanguagesSummaryConclusion