The Politics of Multilingualism : Europeanisation, Globalisation and Linguistic Governance
2018
Series: Studies in World Language Problems (Book 6)
Hardcover: 387 pages
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company (September 10, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9027201366
ISBN-13: 978-9027201362
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.
