Publications

Publication details [#18020]

Wright, Sue and Helen Kelly, eds. 1995. Languages in contact and conflict: Contrasting experiences in the Netherlands and Belgium. Multilingual Matters. 92 pp.

Publication type

Book – edited volume

Publication language

English

Keywords

language contact | language policy | law | multilingualism | nation

Language as a subject

Dutch | English | Languages, Minority

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

These rather incoherent papers contain information on multilingualism and multiculturalism in Dutch classrooms (and a comparison with the British situation) on the one hand, and information on language conflict, language legislation and nation-building in Belgium, focusing on the Flemish situation, on the other.

Reviewed by

Blommaert, Jan. 1997. Review of $Languages in contact and conflict: Contrasting experiences in the Netherlands and Belgium.