The language question in Europe and diverse societies :
[Book]
political, legal and social perspectives /
edited by Dario Castiglione and Chris Longman.
Portland, Or. :
Hart Pub.,
2007.
1 online resource (xiii, 285 pages)
Oñati international series in law and society
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: negotiating language regimes -- Theoretical foundations of European language debates -- Language policy of a civic nation-state: constitutional patriotism and minority language rights -- Intercultural recognition and linguistic diversity in Europe -- What is a language? The difficulties inherent in language rights -- Linguistic diversity and the paradox of rights discourse -- Minority languages, law and politics: tracing EC action -- The political discourse on multilingualism in the European Union -- English as lingua franca: a challenge to the doctrine of multilingualism -- Europe's linguistic challenge -- The Babel of Europe? Networks and communicative spaces.
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Recent developments in the European integration process have raised, amongst many other things, the issue of linguistic diversity, for some a stumbling block to the creation of a European democratic polity and its legal and social institutions. The solution to the 'question of language', involves an understanding of the role played by natural languages and the consequent design of policies and institutional mechanisms to facilitate inter-linguistic and intercultural communication. This is not an exclusively European problem, and nor is it entirely new, for it is also the problem of linguistic.
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9781847313560
Language question in Europe and diverse societies.
Language policy-- Europe.
Linguistic minorities-- Europe.
Multilingualism-- Europe.
Language and languages-- Law and legislation.
Language and languages-- Political aspects.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics-- Sociolinguistics.