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The politics of multilingualism : Europeanisation, globalisation and linguistic governance /
This book proposes a multidisciplinary assessment of the impact of complex diversity on language politics and policies, analysing how the legacies of the old interact with the challenges of the new. Its main focus is on the interplay of multilingualism on the one hand, and the dynamics of transnatio...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
[2018]
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| Colección: | Studies in world language problems ;
v. 6. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; The Politics of Multilingualism; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; List of abbreviations; List of figures, tables, charts and pictures; Chapter 1. The politics of multilingualism: General introduction and overview; 1. Diversity and multilingualism: A first approximation; 2. The politics of multilingualism: Dealing with an object in constant flux; 3. The contributions in this book; References; Part I. Reconceptualising multilingualism and collective identity.
- Chapter 2. The politics of multilingualism in Canada: A neo-institutional approachIntroduction; 1. Defining multilingualism; 1.1 Multilingualism as a historical and social fact; 1.2 Multilingualism as a normative project; 1.3 Multilingualism as a policy choice; 2. State traditions and language regime in Canada; 3. The politics of multilingualism in Canada; Conclusion; References; Court cases; Chapter 3. A Russian-speaking nation?: The promotion of the Russian language and its significance for ongoing efforts at Russian nation-building; Introduction; 1. Language, nation, and the state.
- 1.1 Nation-building and language policy in Russia1.2 Legal institutional framework; 1.3 Language ideologies and state languages; 2. An analysis of the language policy in three contexts; 2.1 Policy towards the "peoples of Russia"; 2.2 Policy towards migrants; 2.3 Policy towards "compatriots abroad" and beyond; 3. Policy mechanisms of identity-building; 3.1 From problems to goals; 3.2 From resources to tools; 3.3 From actions to results; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4. The impact of mobility and migration on the identity-constructing policy in Brussels; 1. Introduction.
- 2. The basis of Belgian language policy: From a personality to a territoriality principle3. Urban bilingualism according to Brussels standards; 4. From bilingual to multilingual Brussels; 5. The end of traditional language socialisation; 6. Language, identification and political consequences; 7. The spearhead function of civil society; 8. Conclusions; References; Chapter 5. From glossophagic hegemony to multilingual pluralism?: Re-assessing the politics of linguistic identity in Europe; 1. "Glossophagia" and the modern European polity.
- 2. Options and ligatures in the making of linguistic identity3. The issue of recognition and the limits of glossophagia; 4. The politics of multilingualism in a context of complex diversity; References; Chapter 6. Transient linguistic landscapes of activism: Protesting against austerity policies in the Eurozone; Introduction; 1. Political activism and multilingualism in Europe; 2. Demonstrations as transient linguistic landscapes; 3. Political activism and the analysis of protest signs; 4. Data collection; 5. Protest signs and language used: Making linguistic plurality visible?