<div dir="ltr"><div>Multilingual Europe: Extra, Gorter (Eds)<br><br><br>Multilingual Europe: Facts and Policies <br>Series Title: Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] 96 <br>Published: 2008 <br>Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter<br>
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<br>Editor: Guus Extra <br>Editor: Durk Gorter <br>Hardback: ISBN: 9783110205121 Pages: 352 Price: Europe EURO 98.00<br>Hardback: ISBN: 9783110205121 Pages: 352 Price: U.S. $ 157.00 Comment: For orders placed in North America only.<br>
Abstract:<br><br>This book offers an inclusive perspective on the constellation of languages <br>in Europe by taking into account official state languages, regional <br>minority languages and immigrant minority languages. Although "celebrating <br>
linguistic diversity" is one of the key propositions in the European <br>discourse on multilingualism and language policies, this device holds for <br>these three types of languages in a decreasing order. All three types of <br>
languages, however, are constituent parts of a multilingual European <br>identity and should be taken into account in any type of language policy. <br>Both facts and policies on multilingualism and plurilingual education are <br>
addressed in case studies at the national and European level. The selection <br>of case studies is based on a careful weighing of geographical spread of <br>countries and languages across Europe on the one hand, and availability of <br>
established expert knowledge on the other. <br><br>After an Introduction to the theme of the book (Guus Extra and Durk <br>Gorter), Part I deals with official state languages with a focus on the <br>spread of English as lingua franca across Europe (Juliane House), on French <br>
and France (Dennis Ager), on Polish in Poland and abroad (Justyna <br>Lesniewśka), and on language constellations in the Baltic States (Gabrielle <br>Hogan-Brun). Part II deals with regional minority languages with a focus on <br>
Catalan in Spain (Francesc Xavier Vila i Moreno), Frisian in the <br>Netherlands (Durk Gorter et al.), Hungarian as a minority language in <br>Central Europe (Susan Gal), and Saami in the Nordic countries (Mikael <br>Svonni). Part III deals with immigrant minority languages in the United <br>
Kingdom (Viv Edwards), Sweden (Lilian Nygren-Junkin), Italy (Monica Barni <br>and Carla Bagna) and Europe at large (Guus Extra and Kutlay Yağmur). </div>
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