Linguistic Diversity in Europe: Current Trends and Discourses

by Patrick Studer (Editor), Iwar Werlen (Editor)

Overview

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 – identity, policy, education, economy – and relevant societal levels of organization (European, national, regional).
With its distinct focus on post-national society caught in unifying as well as diversifying socio-political currents, the volume problematizes emerging contradictions inherent in the idea of a Europe beyond the nation state –between speech minorities and majorities, economic realities, or socio-political ideologies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110270839
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	05/18/2012
Series:	Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] , #97
Pages:	349
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Patrick Studer, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland; Iwar Werlen, University of Bern, Switzerland.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction Patrick Studer Iwar Werlen 1

Part I Language, Identity and Culture

Chapter 2 European multilingualism: A highly fragmented and challenging field of research Rosita Rindler Schjerve Eva Vetter 21

Chapter 3 European cultural contesting identities (the case of Istria) Senka Bozic Mario Vrbancic Olga Orlic 49

Chapter 4 Language standardization and language identity issues in European language minority settings: Some general remarks in the light of the Survey Ladins Jeroen Darquennes 69

Chapter 5 Language ideological debates: The case of Croatia Mislava Bertoša Anita Skelin Horvat 87

Part II Language Policy and Planning

Chapter 6 Conceptual contradiction and discourses on multilingualism Patrick Studer 115

Chapter 7 The impact of language and citizenship policies on integration: Contrasting case studies of "new" migration in Spain and the UK Darren Paffey Dick Vigers Clare Mar-Molinero 137

Chapter 8 Social actors and the language policy and planning process: A case study from German-speaking Lorraine (France) Daniela Dorner 157

Part III Multilingualism and Education

Chapter 9 English and multilingualism, or English only in a multilingual Europe? Donald W. Peckham Karolina Kalocsai Emöke Kovács Tamah Sherman 179

Chapter 10 European multilingualism, "multicompetence" and foreign language education Rosamond Mitchell Silvia DalNegro Elena Ioannidou 203

Chapter 11 "French is French, English is English": Standard language ideology in ELF debates Alessia Cogo 233

Part IV Language and Economy

Chapter 12 Language as an impediment to mobility in Europe (An analysis of legal discourse) Vít Dovalil 259

Chapter 13 Language use in multinational companies in Europe: A theoretical and methodological reframing Tamah Sherman Oliver Engelhardt Jirí Nekvapil 287

Chapter 14 Markets, know-how, flexibility and language management: The case of the Vietnamese migrant community in the Czech Republic Ivo Vasiljev Jirí Nekvapil 311

Index 339