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Informationen zum Autor F. Xavier Vila is an associate professor in the Department of Catalan Philology and Director of the University Centre for Sociolinguistics and Communication at the Universitat de Barcelona. He has published widely in the areas of sociolinguistics, demolinguistics and language policy, including Survival and Development of Language Communities: Prospects and Challenges (Multilingual Matters, 2013). Vanessa Bretxa is a researcher in the sociology of language at the University Centre for Sociolinguistics and Communication at the Universitat de Barcelona and a part-time lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at the same university. She is also the co-editor of the academic journal Language, Society and Communication. Klappentext This volume deals with multilingualism in higher education by focusing on a number of medium-sized languages. It explores how these languages achieved the status of lingua academica, reviews the social functions they serve as means of instruction, research and administration, and analyses the challenges posed to them by globalisation. Zusammenfassung This volume deals with multilingualism in higher education by focusing on a number of medium-sized languages. It explores how these languages achieved the status of lingua academica! reviews the social functions they serve as means of instruction! research and administration! and analyses the challenges posed to them by globalisation. 1. F. Xavier Vila: Language Policy in Higher Education in Medium-sized Language Communities: An Introduction 2. Hartmut Haberland and Bent Preisler: The Position of Danish, English and other Languages at Danish Universities in the Context of Danish Society 3. Tamah Sherman: The Position of Czech and other Languages at Universities in the Czech Republic: Some Initial Observations 4. Sabine Ylonen: The Position of Finnish and Swedish as well as other Languages at Universities in Finland 5. Drorit Ram: Challenges for Hebrew in Higher Education and Research Environments 6. Anne-Marie Beukes: Challenges for South Africa's Medium-sized Indigenous Languages in Higher Education and Research Environments 7. Eva Pons Parera: The Position of Catalan in Higher Education in Catalonia 8. F. Xavier Vila: Medium-sized Languages as Viable Lingua Academica ...
