The Politics of Multilingualism

Europeanisation, globalisation and linguistic governance

Editors

Peter A. Kraus | Universität Augsburg

François Grin | Université de Genève

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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
Published online on 10 August 2018

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

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements | pp. vii–viii

List of contributors | pp. ix–xvi

List of abbreviations | pp. xvii–xviii

List of figures, tables, charts and pictures | pp. xix–xx

Chapter 1. The politics of multilingualism: General introduction and overview

François Grin and Peter A. Kraus | pp. 1–16

Part I. Reconceptualising multilingualism and collective identity

Chapter 2. The politics of multilingualism in Canada: A neo-institutional approach

Linda Cardinal and Rémi Léger | pp. 19–38

Chapter 3. A Russian-speaking nation? The promotion of the Russian language and its significance for ongoing efforts at Russian nation-building

Konstantin Zamyatin | pp. 39–64

Chapter 4. The impact of mobility and migration on the identity-constructing policy in Brussels

Rudi Janssens | pp. 65–88

Chapter 5. From glossophagic hegemony to multilingual pluralism? Re-assessing the politics of linguistic identity in Europe

Peter A. Kraus | pp. 89–110

Chapter 6. Transient linguistic landscapes of activism: Protesting against austerity policies in the Eurozone

Virginie Mamadouh | pp. 111–142

Part II. Linguistic hegemony, insecurity and linguistic justice

Chapter 7. How to measure linguistic justice? Theoretical considerations and the South Tyrol case study of the Calvet Language Barometer

Federico Gobbo | pp. 145–166

Chapter 8. Linguistic justice and English as a Lingua Franca

Helder De Schutter | pp. 167–200

Chapter 9. The promise and pitfalls of global English

Thomas Ricento | pp. 201–222

Chapter 10. Languages, norms and power in a globalised context

László Marácz | pp. 223–244

Part III. Lingua Franca and global linguistic governance

Chapter 11. On some fashionable terms in multilingualism research: Critical assessment and implications for language policy

François Grin | pp. 247–274

Chapter 12. English, the Lingua Nullius of global hegemony

Robert Phillipson | pp. 275–304

Chapter 13. Idealism or pragmatism? Ad hoc multilingualism and Open English

Astrid von Busekist | pp. 305–332

Chapter 14. European integration and the variety of languages: An awkward co-existence

Jean-Claude Barbier | pp. 333–358

Author index

Subject index | pp. 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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