Multilingualism comes to the fore in most European metropolitan areas as a common characteristic. The dimensions of multilingualism are manifold and each of them constitutes itself rather unpredictably in a certain spatial setting. The interplay between the specifics of urban space and language are… read more
Talking about linguistic diversity is one thing, knowing about it is another. Linguistic diversity has become a prominent, but vague catchphrase in public opinion circumscribing a range of societal phenomena from multi-lingual education to multi-ethnicity. A specification of what the concept… read more