Publications

Publication details [#13452]

Turell, Teresa. 1994. Beyond Babel: within and across. In Sierra Martínez, Fermín, Mercè Pujol Berché and Harm den Boer, eds. Las lenguas en la Europa Comunitaria. Las lenguas de minorías. [Languages in the European Union. The languages of minorities.] (Diálogos Hispánicos 15). Rodopi. pp. 23–40.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

language planning | language policy | multilingualism

Language as a subject

English

Annotation

This paper on multilingualism in Europe in general and in Spain in particular focuses on the importance of multilingualism in educational planning policies. It is argued that given the important role of language in socialization and in educational contexts, socialization and education should take place in the first language of the people involved.