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European Multilingualism : Current Perspectives and Challenges /

Rindler Schjerve, Rosita

European Multilingualism : Current Perspectives and Challenges / Rosita Rindler Schjerve, Eva Vetter. - 1 online resource (240 p.) - Multilingual Matters .

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. European Multilingualism: Political Scope -- 2. European Multilingualism as a Field of Research -- 3. The LINEE Project -- 4. European Multilingualism Beyond LINEE -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix

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This book provides a broad sociolinguistic perspective on major questions of political and cultural Europeanization. It is concerned with European multilingualism as it actually results from the intersecting endeavour of policy making and scientific research. This volume argues that the EU must overcome the major discrepancies of its linguistic diversity politics by developing into a multiple inclusive society beyond the nation-state in order to seriously unfold European multilingualism as a political goal. Expanding on the theoretical and methodological approaches developed within the EU project LINEE (Languages in a Network of European Excellence), this book further focuses on the LINEE key variables of European multilingualism i.e. 'culture', 'discourse', 'identity', 'ideology', 'knowledge', 'LPP', 'multi-competence', and 'power & conflict'. Against this background, this study argues for reconceptualising European multilingualism on the basis of an integrative and multi-focal approach.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9781847697356 9781847697363

10.21832/9781847697363 doi

2012009131


Language policy--Europe.
Linguistic minorities--Europe.
Multilingualism--Europe.
Second language acquisition--Europe.
Second language acquisition.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics.

P115.5.E85 / R56 2012 P115.5.E85 / R56 2012eb

404.2094