Beyond boundaries : language and identity in contemporary Europe / edited by Paul Gubbins and Mike Holt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gubbins, Paul, 1949-

Holt, Mike.

Series:

Multilingual matters ; 122

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociolinguistics--Europe.

Sociolinguistics.

Nationalism--Europe.

Nationalism.

Physical Description:

vi, 162 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Buffalo, N.Y. : Multilingual Matters, 2002.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Language and identity are closely interwoven: this collection of essays examines their relationship in a multicultural Europe and beyond and explores various ways in which language is used to forge class, regional and national identity. The question of multiple identity and the role of English are also considered.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. Language, Nationalism and Globalism: Educational Consequences of Changing Patterns of Language Use

Chapter 2: Who We Are and Where We’re Going: Language and Identities in the New Europe

Chapter 3: The Lexicon in European Languages Today: Unification or Diversification?

Chapter 4: Lost in Translation: EU Language Policy in an Expanded Europe

Chapter 5: Identity in Transition: Cultural Memory, Language and Symbolic Russianness

Chapter 6: Transformation of the State in Western Europe: Regionalism in Catalonia and Northern Italy

Chapter 7: Fixing National Borders: Language and Loyalty in Nice

Chapter 8: The French Language, Universalism and Post-colonial Identity

Chapter 9: ‘It’s a Culture Thing’: Children, Language and ‘Boundary’ in the Bicultural Family

Chapter 10: Language Use and Identity Among African-Caribbean Young People in Sheffield

Chapter 11: Punjabi/Urdu in Sheffield: Language Maintenance and Loss and Development of a Mixed Code

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610827985

9781853595572

9781280827983

128082798X

9781853595578

1853595578

OCLC:

70769472