This book offers an inclusive perspective on the constellation of
languages in Europe by taking into account official state languages,
regional minority languages and immigrant minority languages. Although
"celebrating linguistic diversity" is one of the key propositions in
the European discourse on multilingualism and language policies, this
device holds for these three types of languages in a decreasing order.
All three types of languages, however, are constituent parts of a
multilingual European identity and should be taken into account in any
type of language policy. Both facts and policies on multilingualism
and plurilingual education are addressed in case studies at the
national and European level. The selection of case studies is based on
a careful weighing of geographical spread of countries and languages
across Europe on the one hand, and availability of established expert
knowledge on the other. After an Introduction to the theme of the book
(Guus Extra and Durk Gorter), Part I deals with official state
languages with a focus on the spread of English as lingua franca
across Europe (Juliane House), on French and France (Dennis Ager), on
Polish in Poland and abroad (Justyna Lesniewśka), and on language
constellations in the Baltic States (Gabrielle Hogan-Brun). Part II
deals with regional minority languages with a focus on Catalan in
Spain (Francesc Xavier Vila i Moreno), Frisian in the Netherlands
(Durk Gorter et al.), Hungarian as a minority language in Central
Europe (Susan Gal), and Saami in the Nordic countries (Mikael Svonni).
Part III deals with immigrant minority languages in the United Kingdom
(Viv Edwards), Sweden (Lilian Nygren-Junkin), Italy (Monica Barni and
Carla Bagna) and Europe at large (Guus Extra and Kutlay Yağmur).
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Facts and Policies
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9783110208351
Publisert
2015
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
De Gruyter
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok