Editorial: Language, Discourse, and the Sociopolitical Imagination

In an era marked by intensifying global crises, linguistic and discursive practices do not merely reflect social realities but they shape, contest, and often reimagine them. This issue of Language, Discourse & Society brings together a rich collection of studies that foreground the discursive textures of contemporary life from the politics of identity and embodiment to the semantics of power, mobility, and resistance. Collectively, these contributions illuminate the diverse ways language constructs meaning in contexts fraught with inequality, negotiation, and transformation.