Linguistic Diversity in Europe : : Current Trends and Discourses / / ed. by Patrick Studer, Iwar Werlen.

This book, which emerges in the context of the European research network LINEE (Languages in a Network of European Excellence), is concerned with European multilingualism both as a political concept and as a social reality. It features cutting-edge studies by linguists and anthropologists who percei...

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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2012]
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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] , 97
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Physical Description:1 online resource (342 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Chapter 1. Introduction --
Part I: Language, Identity and Culture --
Chapter 2. European multilingualism: A highly fragmented and challenging field of research --
Chapter 3. European cultural contesting identities (the case of Istria) --
Chapter 4. Language standardization and language identity issues in European language minority settings: Some general remarks in the light of the Survey Ladins --
Chapter 5. Language ideological debates: The case of Croatia --
Part II: Language Policy and Planning --
Chapter 6. Conceptual contradiction and discourses on multilingualism --
Chapter 7. The impact of language and citizenship policies on integration: Contrasting case studies of “new” migration in Spain and the UK --
Chapter 8. Social actors and the language policy and planning process: A case study from German-speaking Lorraine (France) --
Part III: Multilingualism and Education --
Chapter 9. English and multilingualism, or English only in a multilingual Europe? --
Chapter 10. European multilingualism, “multicompetence” and foreign language education --
Chapter 11. “French is French, English is English”: Standard language ideology in ELF debates --
Part IV: Language and Economy --
Chapter 12. Language as an impediment to mobility in Europe (An analysis of legal discourse) --
Chapter 13. Language use in multinational companies in Europe: A theoretical and methodological reframing --
Chapter 14. Markets, know-how, flexibility and language management: The case of the Vietnamese migrant community in the Czech Republic --
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Summary:This book, which emerges in the context of the European research network LINEE (Languages in a Network of European Excellence), is concerned with European multilingualism both as a political concept and as a social reality. It features cutting-edge studies by linguists and anthropologists who perceive multilingualism as a discursive phenomenon which can be revealed and analyzed through empirical fieldwork. The book presents a fresh perspective of European multilingualism as it takes the reader through key themes of social consciousness – identity, policy, education, economy – and relevant societal levels of organization (European, national, regional). With its distinct focus on post-national society caught in unifying as well as diversifying socio-political currents, the volume problematizes emerging contradictions inherent in the idea of a Europe beyond the nation state –between speech minorities and majorities, economic realities, or socio-political ideologies.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9783110270884
9783110238570
9783110238457
9783110636970
9783110742961
9783110288995
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ISSN:1861-0676 ;
DOI:10.1515/9783110270884
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Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Patrick Studer, Iwar Werlen.