Linguistic Diversity in Europe - Current Trends and Discourses

This book, which emerges in the context of the European research network LINEE (Languages in a Network of European Excellence), is concerned with European multilingualism both as a political concept and as a social reality. It features cutting-edge studies by linguists and anthropologists who perceive multilingualism as a discursive phenomenon which can be revealed and analyzed through empirical fieldwork. The book presents a fresh perspective of European multilingualism as it takes the reader through key themes of social consciousness - identity, policy, education, economy - and relevant societal levels of organization (European, national, regional).
With its distinct focus on post-national society caught in unifying as well as diversifying socio-political currents, the volume problematizes emerging contradictions inherent in the idea of a Europe beyond the nation state -between speech minorities and majorities, economic realities, or socio-political ideologies.

Info autore

Prof. Dr. Iwar Werlen ist Professor für allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft am Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Bern. Er leitet zudem das Universitäre Forschungszentrum für Mehrsprachigkeit (UFM) und ist Autor und Mitautor verschiedener Publikationen zur Schweizer Mehrsprachigkeit. Er leitete das Forschungsprojekt "Sprachkompetenzen der erwachsenen Bevölkerung in der Schweiz".

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Patric Studer (Editore), Patrick Studer (Editore), WERLEN (Editore), Werlen (Editore), Iwar Werlen (Editore)
• Editore: De Gruyter
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.05.2012
• EAN: 9783110270839
• ISBN: 978-3-11-027083-9
• Pagine: 342
• Dimensioni: 162 mm x 24 mm x 234 mm
• Peso: 640 g
• Illustrazioni: 5 b/w ill., 10 b/w tbl.
• Serie: Contributions to the Sociology of Language; Contributions to the Sociology of Language (CSL); Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]; Contributions to the Sociology of Language; ISSN
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata