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<H2><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Languages in a Globalising
World, edited by Jacques Maurais and Michael A. Morris has just been
published by Cambridge University Press (April 2003). </FONT></H2>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000>Throughout human history, the fate of
languages has been closely linked to political power relationships. Political
shifts in the international system continue to affect linguistic patterns, which
today are still in a state of flux following the end of the Cold War. This book
considers the effects of present-day trends in global politics on the relative
status of languages, and the directions in which the linguistic hierarchy might
develop in the future. What are the prospects for the continuing spread of
English? Will other traditionally prominent languages such as French and German
gain or lose influence? Will languages such as Arabic and Japanese increase in
international status? Will minority languages continue to lose ground and
disappear? The book assesses these prospects, looking at the major world
regions, and with its interdisciplinary approach it will appeal to researchers
and students of sociolinguistics and language planning as well as of
international relations.</DIV>
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<H4>Contributors</H4>
<P>Jacques Maurais, Canada, Michael A. Morris, USA, Mark Fettes, Douglas A.
Kibbee, USA, Jean Laponce, Canada, William F. Mackey, Canada, Ferenc Fodor,
France, Sandrine Peluau, France, Claude Truchot, France, Rainer Enrique Hamel,
Mexico, Birgit N. Schlyter, Sweden, Stefan Kaiser, Japan, Roland Breton, Richard
B. Baldauf Jr., Australia, Paulin G. Djité, Australia, Ulrich Ammon, Germany,
Foued Laroussi, Vido Io. Mikhalchenko, Russia, Yulia Trushkova, France, Robert
Chaudenson, France, Grant McConnell, Maria da Graça Krieger, Brazil, Humphrey
Tonkin, USA</P>
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<H4>Contents</H4>
<P>1. Introduction Jacques Maurais and Michael A. Morris; Part I. Global
Communication Challenges: 2. Toward a new global linguistic order? Jacques
Maurais; 3. The geostrategies of interlingualism Mark Fettes; 4. Language policy
and linguistic theory Douglas A. Kibbee; 5. Babel and the market: geostrategies
for minority languages Jean Laponce; 6. Forecasting the fate of languages
William F. Mackey; Part II. Major Areas: 7. Language geostrategy in Eastern and
Central Europe: assessment and perspectives Ferenc Fodor and Sandrine Peluau; 8.
Languages and supranationality in Europe: the linguistic influence of the
European Union Claude Truchot; 9. Regional blocs as a barrier against English
hegemony? The language policy of Mercosur in South America Rainer Enrique Hamel;
10. Effects of North American integration on linguistic diversity Michael
Morris; 11. Sociolinguistic changes in transformed Central Asian societies
Birgit N. Schlyter; 12. Language and script in Japan and other East Asian
countries: between insularity and technology Stefan Kaiser; 13. Sub-Saharan
Africa Roland Breton; 14. Australasia and the South Pacific Richard B. Baldauf
Jr. and Paulin G. Djité; Part III. Languages of Wider Communication: 15. The
international status of the German language Ulrich Ammon; 16. Arabic and the new
technologies Foued Laroussi; 17. Russian in the modern world Vida Io.
Mikhalchenko and Yulia Trushkova; 18. Geolinguistics, geopolitics, geostrategy:
the case of French Robert Chaudenson; 19. Toward a scientific geostrategy for
English Grant McConnell; 20. On Brazilian Portuguese in Latin American
Integration Maria da Graça Krieger; 21. Conclusion: the search for a global
linguistic strategy Humphrey Tonkin.</P></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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