Multilingual Europe : Facts and Policies / Guus Extra, Durk Gorter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Extra, Guus, editor.

Gorter, D. (Durk), editor.

Series:

Contributions to the sociology of language ; 96.

Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ; 96

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multilingualism--Europe.

Linguistics minorities--Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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).

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

The constellation of languages in Europe: an inclusive approach

Section I. Official state languages

English as lingua franca in Europe today

French and France: language and state

Polish in Poland and abroad

Language constellations across the Baltic Republics: a comparative review

Section II. Regional minority languages

Catalan in Spain

Frisian in the Netherlands

Hungarian as a minority language

Sámi languages in the Nordic countries and Russia

Section III. Immigrant minority languages

New minority languages in the United Kingdom

Immigrant minority languages in Sweden

Immigrant languages in Italy

Immigrant minority languages in Europe: cross-national and cross-linguistic perspectives

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9786613428653

9781283428651

1283428652

9783110208351

3110208350

OCLC:

654719945