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Publication details [#50122]

Ammon, Ulrich. 2006. Language conflicts in the European Union. On finding a politically acceptable and practicable solution for EU institutions. that satisfies diverging interests. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 16 (3) : 319–338.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Blackwell Publishers

Annotation

This study discusses the conflict of interests between smaller and larger language communities in choosing only one (English) or several internal institutional EU working languages and proposes a possible solution that would serve both EU political and communicative needs.