The Politics of Multilingualism

Europeanisation, globalisation and linguistic governance

Editors

Peter A. Kraus

| Universität Augsburg

François Grin

| Université de Genève

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ISBN 9789027201362 | EUR 99.00 | USD 149.00

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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 transnationalism, globalisation, and Europeanisation on the other. This interplay confronts contemporary societies with unprecedented questions, as they face the need to come to grips with increasingly varied and pervasive manifestations of linguistic and cultural diversity. This volume develops an integrative approach that identifies the key social and political dimensions at hand, offering an innovative contribution to the ongoing conversation on the manifestations and management of multilingualism.

[Studies in World Language Problems, 6] 2018. xix, 367 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/wlp.6

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
List of contributors	ix–xv
List of abbreviations	xvii–xviii
List of figures, tables, charts and pictures	xix
Chapter 1. The politics of multilingualism: General introduction and overview François Grin and Peter A. Kraus	1–16
Part I. Reconceptualising multilingualism and collective identity	20–142
Chapter 2. The politics of multilingualism in Canada: A neo-institutional approach Linda Cardinal and Rémi Léger	19–37
Chapter 3. A Russian-speaking nation?: The promotion of the Russian language and its significance for ongoing efforts at Russian nation-building Konstantin Zamyatin	39–64
Chapter 4. The impact of mobility and migration on the identity-constructing policy in Brussels Rudi Janssens	65–87
Chapter 5. From glossophagic hegemony to multilingual pluralism?: Re-assessing the politics of linguistic identity in Europe Peter A. Kraus	89–109
Chapter 6. Transient linguistic landscapes of activism: Protesting against austerity policies in the Eurozone Virginie D. Mamadouh	111–142
Part II. Linguistic hegemony, insecurity and linguistic justice	146–243
Chapter 7. How to measure linguistic justice?: Theoretical considerations and the South Tyrol case study of the Calvet Language Barometer Federico Gobbo	145–165
Chapter 8. Linguistic justice and English as a Lingua Franca Helder De Schutter	167–199
Chapter 9. The promise and pitfalls of global English Thomas Ricento	201–222
Chapter 10. Languages, norms and power in a globalised context László Marácz	223–243
Part III. Lingua Franca and global linguistic governance	248–357
Chapter 11. On some fashionable terms in multilingualism research: Critical assessment and implications for language policy François Grin	247–274
Chapter 12. English, the Lingua Nullius of global hegemony Robert Phillipson	275–303
Chapter 13. Idealism or pragmatism?: Ad hoc multilingualism and Open English Astrid von Busekist	305–332
Chapter 14. European integration and the variety of languages: An awkward co-existence Jean-Claude Barbier	333–357
Author index	359
Subject index	365–367

“Together the chapters in this book attempt to cast a wide net over European linguistic policy and governance. The edited volume is successful in addressing these numerous issues with very interdisciplinary focus. This breadth is beneficial in that the volume is potentially accessible to a wide readership.”

Danielle Fahey, University of South Carolina, on Linguist List 30.2368 (6 June 2019)

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Subjects

Linguistics

Applied linguistics

Language policy

Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

Bilingualism

BIC Subject: CFDM – Bilingualism & multilingualism

BISAC Subject: LAN009050 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics

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