Julia Gspandl is a sign language sociolinguist in the Plurilingualism Research Unit at the University of Graz, Austria. She was recently awarded the Theodor-Körner-Preis 2022 for her research project on the languaging competencies of deaf migrants in Austria.Christina Korb is an affiliated researcher in the Plurilingualism Research Unit at the University of Graz, Austria. She is currently working on a research project concerning educational opportunities among the Slovene minority in Styria.Angelika Heiling is assistant to the Head of Research in the Plurilingualism Research Unit at the University of Graz, Austria. Her research is on critical sociolinguistics with a focus on urban multilingualism, migrant and minority language contexts.Elizabeth J. Erling was recently awarded an Elise Richter Fellowship and is leading a research project on understanding the disparities in English language education in Austria at the University of Vienna.

The Power of Voice in Transforming Multilingual Societies is an urgent call to analysts, theorists, researchers, think-tankers, policymakers, and governments to take seriously the voice and (socio)linguistic citizenship of marginalized citizens. Each chapter makes an important intervention on how to uplift every multilingual voice and advances the utility of (socio)linguistic citizenship, first developed in the global South.

• ContributorsJulia Gspandl, Christina Korb, Angelika Heiling and Elizabeth J. Erling: The Power of Voice in Transforming Multilingual Societies: An IntroductionPart 1. Multilingual PracticesChapter 1. Mary Edward: Multilingualism in Adamorobe and the Case for Adamorobe Sign Language (AdaSL)Chapter 2. Agnes Grond: Şexbizinî Facebook Groups: Virtual Communities as Spaces for Practice, Maintenance and Exploration of an Endangered Language         Chapter 3. Vlada V. Baranova: The Grassroots Initiatives for the Revitalization of Kalmyk: Who is Involved in Language Planning, and How?Part 2. Facilitating Voice Chapter 4. Sandra Radinger: Reclaiming Voice in the Austrian Refugee Context through Experiences of AmbiguityChapter 5. Melissa Barnes and Katrina Tour: Giving Voice to Mothers from Refugee Backgrounds: Their Agentic Roles in Children’s LearningChapter 6. Anik Nandi, Maite Garcia-Ruiz and Ibon Manterola: Reclaiming Voice through Family Language Policies: Parental (Socio)linguistic Citizenship in Castilian-Spanish-Dominated Multilingual SettingsPart 3. Building Communities of VoicingChapter 7. Danny Foster: (Socio)linguistic Citizenship in Rural Tanzania: A Perspective from the Capability Approach       Chapter 8. Eilidh McEwan: Deaf Capabilities in the Global South: Reflections on Sign Languages and Emancipation Using the Capabilities ApproachChapter 9. Khoi Nguyen: Forming (Socio)linguistic Citizenship through Philanthropy on Facebook Pages of the Vietnamese Diaspora in the UKChapter 10. Phoebe Siu, Bong-gi Sohn and Angel M.Y. Lin: Reclaiming a Plurilingual Voice in EMI Classrooms: Co-creating Translanguaging Space through the Multimodalities-Entextualisation CycleBen Rampton, Mel Cooke, Constant Leung, Dermot Bryers, Becky Winstanley and Sam Holmes: Afterword: Localising (Socio)linguistic CitizenshipIndex

Julia Gspandl is a sign language sociolinguist in the Plurilingualism Research Unit at the University of Graz, Austria. She was recently awarded the Theodor-Körner-Preis 2022 for her research project on the languaging competencies of deaf migrants in Austria.Christina Korb is an affiliated researcher in the Plurilingualism Research Unit at the University of Graz, Austria. She is currently working on a research project concerning educational opportunities among the Slovene minority in Styria.Angelika Heiling is assistant to the Head of Research in the Plurilingualism Research Unit at the University of Graz, Austria. Her research is on critical sociolinguistics with a focus on urban multilingualism, migrant and minority language contexts.Elizabeth J. Erling was recently awarded an Elise Richter Fellowship and is leading a research project on understanding the disparities in English language education in Austria at the University of Vienna.

The Power of Voice in Transforming Multilingual Societies is an urgent call to analysts, theorists, researchers, think-tankers, policymakers, and governments to take seriously the voice and (socio)linguistic citizenship of marginalized citizens. Each chapter makes an important intervention on how to uplift every multilingual voice and advances the utility of (socio)linguistic citizenship, first developed in the global South.

• ContributorsJulia Gspandl, Christina Korb, Angelika Heiling and Elizabeth J. Erling: The Power of Voice in Transforming Multilingual Societies: An IntroductionPart 1. Multilingual PracticesChapter 1. Mary Edward: Multilingualism in Adamorobe and the Case for Adamorobe Sign Language (AdaSL)Chapter 2. Agnes Grond: Şexbizinî Facebook Groups: Virtual Communities as Spaces for Practice, Maintenance and Exploration of an Endangered Language         Chapter 3. Vlada V. Baranova: The Grassroots Initiatives for the Revitalization of Kalmyk: Who is Involved in Language Planning, and How?Part 2. Facilitating Voice Chapter 4. Sandra Radinger: Reclaiming Voice in the Austrian Refugee Context through Experiences of AmbiguityChapter 5. Melissa Barnes and Katrina Tour: Giving Voice to Mothers from Refugee Backgrounds: Their Agentic Roles in Children’s LearningChapter 6. Anik Nandi, Maite Garcia-Ruiz and Ibon Manterola: Reclaiming Voice through Family Language Policies: Parental (Socio)linguistic Citizenship in Castilian-Spanish-Dominated Multilingual SettingsPart 3. Building Communities of VoicingChapter 7. Danny Foster: (Socio)linguistic Citizenship in Rural Tanzania: A Perspective from the Capability Approach       Chapter 8. Eilidh McEwan: Deaf Capabilities in the Global South: Reflections on Sign Languages and Emancipation Using the Capabilities ApproachChapter 9. Khoi Nguyen: Forming (Socio)linguistic Citizenship through Philanthropy on Facebook Pages of the Vietnamese Diaspora in the UKChapter 10. Phoebe Siu, Bong-gi Sohn and Angel M.Y. Lin: Reclaiming a Plurilingual Voice in EMI Classrooms: Co-creating Translanguaging Space through the Multimodalities-Entextualisation CycleBen Rampton, Mel Cooke, Constant Leung, Dermot Bryers, Becky Winstanley and Sam Holmes: Afterword: Localising (Socio)linguistic CitizenshipIndex