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Author : Brunon Synak
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Language Minorities and Minority Languages in the Changing Europe written by Brunon Synak and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Máiréad Nic Craith
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230501893
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Europe and the Politics of Language written by Máiréad Nic Craith and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-12-14 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do political boundaries impact on concepts of language? How significant is language for citizenship in contemporary Europe? Can disputed languages acquire full status? Should non-European languages receive recognition from the EU? These are among the many questions explored in this new study of official, regional and disputed languages in an ever-changing European context. Broad policy issues and the performance of the range of instruments of policy at local, national and European levels are illustrated with reference to case studies across Europe.
Author : Michael G. Clyne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521499705
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (997 download)
Download or read book The German Language in a Changing Europe written by Michael G. Clyne and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-11-16 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent sociopolitical events have profoundly changed the status and functions of German and influenced its usage. In this study (published by Cambridge in 1984) Michael Clyne revises and expands his original analysis of the German language in Language and Society in the German-speaking Countries in the light of such changes as the end of the Cold War, German unification, the redrawing of the map of Europe, increasing European integration, and the changing self-images of Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg. His discussion includes the differences in the form, function and status of the various national varieties of German; the relation between standard and non-standard varieties; gender, generational and political variation; Anglo-American influence on German; and the convergence of east and west. The result is a wide-ranging exploration of language and society in the German-speaking countries, all of which have problems or dilemmas concerning nationhood or ethnicity which are language-related and/or language-marked.
Author : Maria del Carmen Parafita Couto
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443891665
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Bilingualism and Minority Languages in Europe written by Maria del Carmen Parafita Couto and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-11 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection considers such issues as the cognitive, linguistic and emotional benefits of speaking two languages, the perceptions, attitudes and issues relating to identity in minority language areas, and the number of grammatical aspects amongst those who speak these minority languages. The premise of the book is based on the fact that these minority languages have, in the past, been in danger of becoming obsolete, mainly because of negative attitudes regarding the benefits of speaking languages that are considered irrelevant internationally. However, in recent times, the benefits of speaking two languages, including where one is a minority language, have been recognised in ways that were not previously understood. Perhaps because of this, alongside the introduction of legislation in some areas in Europe that has been designed to support the preservation of some of these languages, there has been a re-emergence of many minority languages throughout the continent. Questions remain whether this has led to the languages becoming more widely spoken and whether there are specific benefits that can be gained from speaking them. Exploring these questions has led to an increasing amount of research being undertaken on various aspects of bilingualism in minority language areas in Europe. The book contributes to this debate and underlines the relevance and significance of bilingualism in the specific context where European minority languages are still spoken.
Author : G. Hogan-Brun
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230502997
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Minority Languages in Europe written by G. Hogan-Brun and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-11-11 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minority languages in Europe, as part of a common cultural heritage, need protection. The contributions to this book reflect urgent, stimulating and productive debates among researchers in sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, politics and sociology, and among language activists and policy makers. At the heart of the debate are the effectiveness of the existing political and legal frameworks aimed at protecting linguistic and cultural diversity, and prospects for the survival of minority languages in the process of European integration.
Author : Council of Europe
Publisher : Council of Europe
ISBN 13 : 9789287167279
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (672 download)
Download or read book Minority Language Protection in Europe written by Council of Europe and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains a selection of papers based on presentations given at the international conference entitled "The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages: Achievements and Challenges", co-organised by the Council of Europe, The Government of Spain, The Government of the Basque Country And The University of the Basque Country, which was held in Bilbao (Spain) on 20 and 21 April 2009. This work looks at the future prospects of the charter in the light of the experience gained over the first decade of the charter's existence. it is evident that governments bear the primary responsibility in preparing for ratification and in applying the charter, and this is illustrated by case studies for some states parties To The charter. However, regional and local authorities also play a very important role in relation To The charter as they are confronted on a daily basis with the use and protection of minority languages
Author : Winifred V. Davies
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The Changing Voices of Europe written by Winifred V. Davies and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deals with the linguistic repercussions of social and political change in Western Europe in a series of articles by specialists in each area that range from general surveys to detailed studies of one linguistic variety in a particular historical context.
Author : Svetlana Moskvitcheva
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030243400
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Minority Languages from Western Europe and Russia written by Svetlana Moskvitcheva and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-11 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comparative approach within a general framework of studies on minority languages of Western Europe and Russia and former Soviet space, focusing on linguistic, legal and categorization aspects. It is connected to a comparative study of the semantic contents of the terms referring to the different categories of these languages. The volume features multidisciplinary approaches, first linguistic (sociolinguistic and semantic) and legal, and investigates the limits of country-to-country comparisons, mirroring cases from France, Spain, and China with their counterparts from Soviet and later Russian configurations. Special examples, from a region as Ingria and a country as Tajikistan, help to contextualize this approach. In addition, the notion of migration languages, also minority languages, is studied in bilingual contexts, both from external (German, Greek, Chinese ...) and internal origins (Chuvash), linked to the urbanization in contemporary societies that has fostered the presence of these languages in major cities.
Author : Council of Europe
Publisher : Council of Europe
ISBN 13 : 9789287152145
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (521 download)
Download or read book The European Charter for Regional Or Minority Languages and the French Dilemma written by Council of Europe and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages has been in force since 1998, but in France it has caused a heated debate and it has not been ratified. The questions raised include: should French regional languages be afforded protection? Is there a danger that their protection could lead to an assertion of regional identity that could threaten the cohesiveness of the state? Is there a threat to the official language? Can applying the principles of the charter, without going through the ratification process, effectively protect regional or minority languages? This colloquy sought to provide answers to these questions.
Author : Dónall Ó Riagáin
Publisher : Council of Europe
ISBN 13 : 9789287163332
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (633 download)
Download or read book The European Charter for Regional Or Minority Languages written by Dónall Ó Riagáin and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication considers the charter for Regional or Minority Languages from a legal perspective. It illustrates the charter ratification process in individual states, presents implementation case studies for some states parties, assesses the influence of this instrument on domestic law and the legal implications of non-compliance. Some papers also explore more general issues surrounding the charter, weighing the advantages and disadvantages of a broad interpretation of the undertakings of states parties and looking at the challenge of adapting this instrument to a changing society.
Author : C. O'Reilly
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230504639
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Language, Ethnicity and the State, Volume 1 written by C. O'Reilly and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-18 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developments in the European Union over the last decade have been largely positive from the perspective of stateless and minority ethnic groups and the survival and prosperity of minority languages. This selection of sociologically and ethnographically oriented work enables the reader to compare developments in different ethno-linguistic revival movements within the European Union. The contributions also explore the impact of EU policy and discourse on the individual movements and the orientation of Western Europe as a whole towards linguistic heterogeneity and cultural diversity. A companion volume (0-333-92924-1) examines the status of minority languages in post-1989 Eastern Europe.
Author : G. Williams
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230514685
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Sustaining Language Diversity in Europe written by G. Williams and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-11-10 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adopting a post-structuralist approach in analyzing the Euromosaic data about European minority language groups, Glyn Williams argues that different states construct minority language groups and speakers in different ways. This leads to an argument about the nature of democracy and how the current changes in governmental discourses accommodate linguistic and cultural diversity.
Author : C. Mar-Molinero
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230523889
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Language Ideologies, Policies and Practices written by C. Mar-Molinero and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-13 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors to Language Ideologies, Policies and Practices investigate the workings of language ideologies in relation to other social processes in a globalizing world. They explore in detail the specific ways in which language ideologies underpin language policy and the relationship between public policies and individual practices. Particular attention is given to Europe, where the impetus to social transformation within and across national boundaries is in renewed tension with conflicting national and supra-national interests, with these tensions reflected in the complex issues of language choice and language policy.
Author : C. O'Reilly
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781349425464
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (254 download)
Download or read book Language, Ethnicity and the State, Volume 2 written by C. O'Reilly and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The political and social upheavals following 1989 have had a significant impact on the minority languages of Eastern Europe. There have been attempts at enlightened treatment of minority linguistic groups in some of the new states but in others such groups have been openly oppressed. This volume draws on sociologically and ethnographically oriented work from a number of disciplines to allow the reader to compare developments in the different states, and to examine the interplay of language issues, ethnic nationalism, and processes of state formation and restructuring in the various political and historical contexts of Central and Eastern Europe. A companion volume (0-333-92925-X) examines the status of minority languages in the European Union.
Author : Susanna Pertot
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Rights, Promotion and Integration Issues for Minority Languages in Europe written by Susanna Pertot and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2009 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A description and analysis of the problems facing the minority languages of Europe during the coming years of political and economic integration.
Author : Gabrielle Hogan-Brun
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137540664
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)
Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of Minority Languages and Communities written by Gabrielle Hogan-Brun and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-11 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook is an in-depth appraisal of the field of minority languages and communities today. It presents a wide-ranging, coherent picture of the main topics, with key contributions from international specialists in sociolinguistics, policy studies, sociology, anthropology and law. Individual chapters are grouped together in themes, covering regional, non-territorial and migratory language settings across the world. It is the essential reference work for specialist researchers, scholars in ancillary disciplines, research and coursework students, public agencies and anyone interested in language diversity, multilingualism and migration.
Author : Niamh Nic Shuibhne
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900447871X
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)
Download or read book EC Law and Minority Language Policy written by Niamh Nic Shuibhne and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-10-25 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Community has pledged respect for the cultural and linguistic diversity of its Member States and has recognized minority languages as an inherent constituent in this regard. This development reflects a broader trend within the Community towards grappling with less obvious aspects of supranational governance. Minority language groups turn optimistically to `Europe' in response. But, despite rhetorical promises, just what can the EC actually be expected to do in the realm of minority language protection, a politically sensitive and traditionally domestic concern? Arguments put forward to date focus primarily on philosophical, moral, economic, and political discourse. While these considerations are a vital aspect of the debate on minority languages and on linguistic diversity more generally, the question of legal basis remains largely unanswered. For the first time, this book traces comprehensively the existence of an appropriate legal basis for action undertaken by the EC in this domain, striving in particular to locate a pragmatic yet effective balance between legitimate possibility and acceptable limitations.
