Multilingual encounters in Europe's institutional spaces / / edited by Johann W. Unger, Micha Krzyzanowski and Ruth Wodak.

• Superior document: Advances in sociolinguistics series
• TeilnehmendeR: Unger, Johann Wolfgang.; Krzyzanowski, Micha, 1977-; Wodak, Ruth, 1950-
• Place / Publishing House: London ;, New York : : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,, 2014.
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Advances in sociolinguistics.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (286 pages) :; illustrations.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Encountering multilingualism in Europe's institutions / Johann W. Unger, Micha Krzyzanowski and Ruth Wodak -- Language management measures and their impact in companies operating in a context of linguistic diversity / Georges Lu?di (University of Basel) -- Language choice and participation management in international work meetings / Vicky Markaki, Sara Merlino, Lorenza Mondada, Florence Oloff and Veronique Traverso (ICAR Research Lab, Lyon) -- The state's instrumentalisation of linguistic diversity: Swiss multilingualism as a national profit? / Alexandre Duchene (University of Fribourg) and Alfonso Del Percio (University of St Gallen) -- Multilingual communication in Europe's supranational spaces: developments and challenges in European Union institutions / Micha Krzyzanowski (O?rebro University) -- The European Parliament: multilingual experiences in the everyday life of MEPS / Ruth Wodak (Lancaster University) -- Multilingual practices in the European Commission / Bernhard Forchtner (Freie Universta?t Berlin) -- "It's like winning the lottery": discourses of aspiration and distinction in the local school economy / Adrian Blackledge and Angela Creese (Birmingham University) -- The genealogy of educational change: educating to capitalise migrant students / Luisa Martin Rojo (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid) -- Negotiating multilingualism in Flemish higher education / Frank van Splunder (University of Antwerp) -- Building a multilingual university in institutional policies and everyday practices / Emilee Moore (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya) and Luci Nussbaum (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona).