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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Unger, Johann Wolfgang, editor.

Krzyżanowski, Michał, 1977- editor.

Wodak, Ruth, 1950- editor.

Series:

Advances in sociolinguistics

Advances in sociolinguistics series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multilingualism--European Union countries.

Multilingualism.

Multicultural education--European Union countries.

Multicultural education.

Education, Higher--European Union countries.

Education, Higher.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

vi, 279 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2014.

Contents:

Introduction: Encountering multilingualism in Europe's institutions / Johann W. Unger, Michał Krzyżanowski and Ruth Wodak

Language management measures and their impact in companies operating in a context of linguistic diversity / Georges Lüdi (University of Basel)

Language choice and participation management in international work meetings / Vicky Markaki, Sara Merlino, Lorenza Mondada, Florence Oloff and Véronique Traverso (ICAR Research Lab, Lyon)

The state's instrumentalisation of linguistic diversity: Swiss multilingualism as a national profit? / Alexandre Duchêne (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 / Michał Krzyżanowski (Örebro 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 Universtät 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 Martín Rojo (Universidad Autónoma 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 Autònoma de Barcelona, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya) and Luci Nussbaum (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781441107817

1441107819

OCLC:

857981458

Publisher Number:

60001892777