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

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• MitwirkendeR: Bertoša, Mislava,; Bozic, Senka,; Cogo, Alessia,; DalNegro, Silvia,; Darquennes, Jeroen,; Dorner, Daniela,; Dovalil, Vít,; Engelhardt, Oliver,; Horvat, Anita Skelin,; Ioannidou, Elena,; Kalocsai, Karolina,; Kovács, Emőke,; Mar-Molinero, Clare,; Mitchell, Rosamond,; Nekvapil, Jiří,; Orlic, Olga,; Paffey, Darren,; Peckham, Donald W.,; Schjerve, Rosita Rindler,; Sherman, Tamah,; Studer, Patrick,; Vasiljev, Ivo,; Vetter, Eva,; Vigers, Dick,; Vrbancic, Mario,; Werlen, Iwar,
• HerausgeberIn: Studer, Patrick,; Werlen, Iwar,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] , 97
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (342 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

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 -- Index