: Patrick Studer, Iwar Werlen
: Linguistic Diversity in Europe Current Trends and Discourses
: De Gruyter Mouton
: 9783110270884
: Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]ISSN
: 1
: CHF 159.80
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: Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft
: English
: 349
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< >This book, which emerges in the context of the European research network LINEE (Languages in a Network of European Excellence), is concerned with European multilingualism both as a political concept and as a social reality. It features cutting-edge studies by linguists and anthropologists who perceive multilingualism as a discursive phenomenon which can be revealed and analyzed through empirical fieldwork. The book presents a fresh perspective of European multilingualism as it takes the reader through key themes of social consciousness – i entity, policy, education, economy –and relevant societal levels of organization (European, national, regional).

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Chapter 1. Introduction9
Part I: Language, Identity and Culture27
Chapter 2. European multilingualism: A highly fragmented and challenging field of research29
Chapter 3. European cultural contesting identities (the case of Istria)57
Chapter 4. Language standardization and language identity issues in European language minority settings: Some general remarks in the light of the Survey Ladins77
Chapter 5. Language ideological debates: The case of Croatia95
Part II: Language Policy and Planning121
Chapter 6. Conceptual contradiction and discourses on multilingualism123
Chapter 7. The impact of language and citizenship policies on integration: Contrasting case studies of “new” migration in Spain and the UK145
Chapter 8. Social actors and the language policy and planning process: A case study from German-speaking Lorraine (France)165
Part III: Multilingualism and Education185
Chapter 9. English and multilingualism, or English only in a multilingual Europe?187
Chapter 10. European multilingualism, “multicompetence” and foreign language education211
Chapter 11. “French is French, English is English”: Standard language ideology in ELF debates241
Part IV: Language and Economy265
Chapter 12. Language as an impediment to mobility in Europe (An analysis of legal discourse)267
Chapter 13. Language use in multinational companies in Europe: A theoretical and methodological reframing295
Chapter 14. Markets, know-how, flexibility and language management: The case of the Vietnamese migrant community in the Czech Republic319
Index347