Multilingual Europe: Facts and Policies

by Guus Extra (Editor), Durk Gorter (Editor)

Overview

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 as constituent parts of Europe's identity. Both facts and policies on multilingualism and plurilingual education are addressed in case studies at the national and European level. The themes of the book are addressed from phenomenological, demographic, sociolinguistic and educational points of view.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110208351
Publisher:	De Gruyter Mouton
Publication date:	12/10/2008
Series:	Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Guus Extra, Tilburg University, The Netherlands; Durk Gorter, Ikerbasque- University of the Basque Country, Donostia/San Sebastian, Spain.

Table of Contents

Introduction

The constellation of languages in Europe: an inclusive approach Guus Extra Durk Gorter 3

Section I Official state languages

English as lingua franca in Europe today Juliane House 63

French and France: language and state Dennis Ager 87

Polish in Poland and abroad Justyna Lesniewska Zygmunt Mazur 111

Language constellations across the Baltic Republics: a comparative review Gabrielle Hogan-Brun 135

Section II Regional minority languages

Catalan in Spain F. Xavier Vila i Moreno 157

Frisian in the Netherlands Durk Gorter Cor van der Meer Alex Riemersma 185

Hungarian as a minority language Susan Gal 207

Sami languages in the Nordic countries and Russia Mikael Svonni 233

Section III Immigrant minority languages

New minority languages in the United Kingdom Via Edwards 253

Immigrant minority languages in Sweden Lilian Nygren-Junkin 271

Immigrant languages in Italy Monica Barni and Carla Bagna 293

Immigrant minority languages in Europe: cross-national and cross-linguistic perspectives Guus Extra Kutlay Yagmur 315

Contributing authors 337

Author index 339

Subject index 345

Editorial Reviews

"The book's contribution lies in its call for a common European language policy that takes these new realities into account and in its provision of a highly informative resource for a contemporary European language policy research."
Kerry Taylor-Leech in: Language Policy 9/2010

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