ISBN:
9781403982452
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (251 pages)
Series Statement:
Europe in Transition: the NYU European Studies Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.449
Keywords:
Language and languages-Political aspects-Congresses..
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Multilingualism-Political aspects-Congresses..
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Identity politics-Congresses
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
As Europe moves closer to adopting English and its de facto lingua franca, this collection of essays explores the links between politics, nationalism monolingualism, and multilingualism.
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface to the American Edition -- The Politics of Language -- Part One: The Limits of National Monolingualism -- Chapter 1 Difference Rights and Language in France -- Chapter 2 Langue d'oc, French and the Construction of a State in France -- Chapter 3 Bilingualism and Ethnic Change in California -- Part Two: The Fragility of Plurilingual Nations -- Chapter 4 Nationalism Versus Bilingualism -- Chapter 5 Struggling Against Territory: Language Policy in Canada -- Chapter 6 Beyond Multiculturalism: Identity, Intercultural Communication, and Political Culture-The Case of Switzerland -- Part Three: Nation-Making and Linguistic Revivals -- Chapter 7 Hebrew, the Language of National Daily Life -- Chapter 8 Linguistic Acculturations and Reconstructions in the ULB Group (Ukraine, Lithuania, and Belarus) -- Chapter 9 Unity and Plurality in the Serbo-Croatian Linguistic Sphere -- Chapter 10 Languages in the Wired World.
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