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.

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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.
Anneli Sarhimaa is Professor of Northern European and Baltic languages at the Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany. She is Vice-President of ELEN (European Language Equality Network). Her research interests include sociolinguistics, contact linguistics and language policies.
Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark is Associate Professor of International Law, Director and Head of Research at the The Åland Islands Peace Institute, Finland. Her research interests include international law, diversity, law and politics, and peace and conflict resolution.
Reetta Toivanen is Academy of Finland Research Fellow and Adjunct Professor for social and cultural anthropology at the Erik Castren Institute of International Law and Human Rights, University of Helsinki, Finland. She is interested in human rights, minorities, power, identity politics and ethnography.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sia Spiliopoulou Akermark, Johanna Laakso, Anneli Sarhimaa, Sia Spiliopoulou Akermark, Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark, Reetta Toivanen
• Editore: Multilingual Matters
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.03.2016
• EAN: 9781783094950
• ISBN: 978-1-78309-495-0
• Pagine: 276
• Dimensioni: 161 mm x 240 mm x 19 mm
• Peso: 581 g
• Serie: Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights; Linguistic Diversity and Langu
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature