Multilingual Encounters in Europe's Institutional Spaces

Multilingual encounters have been commonplace in many types of institutions, and have become an essential part of supranational institutions such as the EU since their inception. This volume explores and discusses different ways of researching the discursive dimension of these encounters, and critically examines their relevance to policy, politics and society as a whole. This includes institutions at the local, regional and supranational level.Multilingualism in institutions is currently often seen as an obstacle rather than an opportunity, at least with respect to European public and private spheres. The volume asks:- exactly how is multilingualism conceptualized and talked about in different institutions?- how do different institutions ''deal'' with multilingualism, both internally and externally?- what are the policy making rules and challenges for the future for various institutions with respect to multilingualism?>

About the author

Johann W. Unger is Lecturer and Academic Director of Summer Programmes at the University of Lancaster, UK.Michal Krzyzanowski is Chair in Media and Communication Studies at Örebro University, Sweden and Chair in Communication and Media at the University of Liverpool, UK.Ruth Wodak is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Discourse Studies at Lancaster University, UK, and affiliated to the University of Vienna, Austria.

Product details

• Authors: Michal Krzyzanowski, Johann W Unger, Johann W. Krzyzanowski Unger, Rut Wodak
• Assisted by: Michal Krzyzanowski (Editor), Johann W. Unger (Editor), Ruth Wodak (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2015
• EAN: 9781474254748
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-5474-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Advances in Sociolinguistics; Advances in Sociolinguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Sociolinguistics, EU (European Union), Bilingualism & multilingualism, Bilingualism and multilingualism