This book presents alternative voices in the contexts of present day and historical globalisation, the emergence of the knowledge society, increased global-local or glocal migration flows, the explosion of new information technologies and social media, and disparate regional growth that have both impacted and shaped the sociocultural fabric of geopolitical spaces across the world. The volume builds upon twenty seven studies from different corners of South Asia, the geopolitical spaces of the Middle East, Scandinavia and North America. These contributions focus upon issues related to Language,...