Towards Openly Multilingual Policies and Practices - Assessing Minority Language Maintenance Across Europe

This book investigates the maintenance of multilingualism and minority languages in 12 different minority communities across Europe. The authors argue that legislation and institutional and educational support provide no guarantee for minority language maintenance, surmising that changes in attitudes and language ideologies are the key.

About the author

Johanna Laakso is Professor of Finno-Ugric Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria. Her research interests include Finno-Ugric languages, historical linguistics, language contact and gender linguistics.

Product details

• Authors: Sia Spiliopoulou Akermark, Johanna Laakso, Anneli Sarhimaa, Sia Spiliopoulou Akermark, Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark, Reetta Toivanen
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2016
• EAN: 9781783094950
• ISBN: 978-1-78309-495-0
• No. of pages: 276
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 581 g
• Series: Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights; Linguistic Diversity and Langu
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures