Language Demography explores the emergence and development of language demography and looks especially for the presentation of the linguistic concepts involved in demography and the demographic concepts involved in sociolinguistics.

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.

Introduction

1. Demography and Demolinguistics

Demolinguistics and Geodemolinguistics

Demolinguistics and Geography

Denominations for Demolinguistics

The Precursors of Demolinguistics

Summary

2. Linguistics for Demographers

Fundamental Linguistic Concepts

Geographic Considerations

Psychosocial Considerations

Social and Ethnic Considerations

Language Vitality

Summary

3. Demography for Linguists

Population

Composition of the Population

Population Distribution

Demographic Changes

Migrations

From Facts to Theories

Summary

4. Demolinguistic Data and Sources

Data

Sources

Administrative Registers

Censuses

Surveys

International and Digital Sources

Encyclopedias, Catalogs, and Other Sources

Summary

5. Demolinguistic Factors

Speakers and Their Communities

Speaker Profiles

Explanatory Factors

Summary

6. Demolinguistic Analyses

Objectives and Levels of Demolinguistic Analysis

Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis

The Statistical Elements of Demography

Errors, Biases, and Changes in Criteria

Graphical Representations

Summary

7. Applications of Demolinguistics

Ethnic, Local, and Social Minority Languages

Immigrant Minority Languages

Regional and National Languages

Transnational Majority Languages

Summary

Conclusion