Italy is known for its history of emigration - with millions leaving its borders to find new beginnings elsewhere. They took with them their languages (including Italian) and established themselves mostly in urban settings, i.e. cities. At the same time, the Italian language is widely studied outside of Italy as a result of prestige or historical links. It appears in everyday contexts around the world in the domain of food, fashion and design. This volume brings together researchers working on Italian in its many linguistic and social facets and/or on language maintenance and use in Italian immigrant communities in specific urban settings around the globe. In the last decade, many Italians have started to emigrate again, joining older Italian communities (e.

g. in Melbourne and New York) or forming new communities (e.g. in Barcelona). While all of these locations are explored in this volume, it also includes lesser known expressions of Italian language and community, which may or may no longer exist (e.g. Italian(s) in Asmara and Mogadishu). This volume provides a valuable overview, within a primarily sociolinguistic perspective, of Italian in and beyond Italian migrant communities in a range of urban settings around the world.