The transition from the 20th to the 21st century has been characterized by processes of social transformation both within and across national boundaries. These processes have given rise to renewed tensions between regional, national and supra-national interests, which are starkly articulated in conflicting language ideologies, public policies and individual practices. Language theorists and policy makers therefore find themselves confronted with an urgent need to interpret the changing linguistic landscape and take account of new social conditions and the differing demands of increasingly differentiated speech communities. The contributions to this book explore the nature and implications of these complex language issues and help to develop an agenda for research on the politics of language in the context of globalization.
Individual studies analyse specific ways in which language ideologies underpin policies, and the relationships between policies and practices, in a wide range of European settings, and the relevance of this experience to global trends is investigated in critical discussions of fundamental theoretical and conceptual issues.
· How far are language ideologies and policies today still influenced by the ideas that spawned linguistic nationalism in the 18th and 19th centuries?
· What is the relationship between transnational 'world' languages and their birthplace in Europe?
· What role does language play in discourses of citizenship in a supposedly 'post-national' Europe?
· How do evaluations of particular linguistic practices marginalise and discriminate against migrants?
· How do new technologies enable innovative responses to the increasingly complex demands and opportunities of a multilingual environment?
These are just some of the questions addressed by this book.
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
On Language, The National and the Transnational in Contemporary Europe; P.Stevenson & C.Mar-Molinero
PART 1: THE EUROPEAN LEGACY: THEORETICAL ISSUES
Migration, Minorities and Multilingualism in Europe: Language Ideologies and the Practices of Language Difference; S.Gal
A European Perspective on Language as Liminality; C.Brumfit
Americanization, Language Ideologies and the Construction of European Identities; T.Ricento
The Role of 'Europe' in the South African Language Debate; G.Brand
The European Linguistic Legacy in a Global Era: Linguistic Imperialism, Spanish and the Instituto Cervantes; C.Mar-Molinero
PART 2: NEW FORMATIONS IN EUROPE: LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Why 'New' Newspeak? Axiological Insights into Language Ideologies and Practices in Poland; A.Duszak
Language Planning and National Identity in Sweden: A Performativity Approach; T.M.Milani
The Macedonian Standard Language: Tito-Yugoslav Experiment or Symbol for 'Great Macedonian' Ethnic Inclusion?; C.Voss
Language Loyalty in the Baltic: Russian Artists and Linguistic Nationalism in Estonia; R.Rouillard
'National' Languages in Transnational Contexts: Language, Migration and Citizenship in Germany and Austria; P.Stevenson
The European Paradox: Swiss Discourses of Identity Between Dependence and Xenophobia; R.Gould
Conducting Dissonance: Codeswitching and Differential Access to Context in the Belgian Asylum Process; K.Maryns & J.Blommaert
Multilingual Migrants and Monolingual Teachers: The Discursive Construction of Identity in a Flanders Primary School; M.Spotti
Changing Media Spaces: The Transformative Power of Heteroglossic Practices; B.Busch
Dobry den Košice - üdvözlöm Kassát - Hello Kosice: Language Choice in a Slovak Internet Guestbook; L.Bleichenbacher
References
Index
CLARE MAR-MOLINERO is Reader in Spanish and Head of Modern Languages at the University of Southampton, UK, where she was the founding Director of the Centre for Transnational Studies. She teaches, and has published widely on, language and nationalism, language policies and language education, especially in the Spanish-speaking world. Her publications include The Spanish-speaking World: Sociolinguistic Issues, The Politics of Language in the Spanish-speaking World, and (co-edited with Miranda Stewart) Globalisation and the Spanish-speaking World (forthcoming).
PATRICK STEVENSON is Professor of German and Linguistic Studies at the University of Southampton, UK. His research and teaching interests are in sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, the politics of language, and language and national identity. His current research explores language and citizenship in different European contexts and the position of the German language in relation to cultural and language policies and identity formation in Europe. His most recent publications include Relocating Germanness (edited with John Theobald), Language and German Disunity,The German-speaking World: Sociolinguistic Issues? and Variation im Deutschen (with Stephen Barbour).
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The transition from the 20th to the 21st century has been characterized by processes of social transformation both within and across national boundaries. These processes have given rise to renewed tensions between regional, national and supra-national interests, which are starkly articulated in conflicting language ideologies, public policies and individual practices. Language theorists and policy makers therefore find themselves confronted with an urgent need to interpret the changing linguistic landscape and take account of new social conditions and the differing demands of increasingly differentiated speech communities. The contributions to this book explore the nature and implications of these complex language issues and help to develop an agenda for research on the politics of language in the context of globalization.
Individual studies analyse specific ways in which language ideologies underpin policies, and the relationships between policies and practices, in a wide range of European settings, and the relevance of this experience to global trends is investigated in critical discussions of fundamental theoretical and conceptual issues.
· How far are language ideologies and policies today still influenced by the ideas that spawned linguistic nationalism in the 18th and 19th centuries?
· What is the relationship between transnational 'world' languages and their birthplace in Europe?
· What role does language play in discourses of citizenship in a supposedly 'post-national' Europe?
· How do evaluations of particular linguistic practices marginalise and discriminate against migrants?
· How do new technologies enable innovative responses to the increasingly complex demands and opportunities of a multilingual environment?
These are just some of the questions addressed by this book.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
On Language, The National and the Transnational in Contemporary Europe; P.Stevenson & C.Mar-Molinero
PART 1: THE EUROPEAN LEGACY: THEORETICAL ISSUES
Migration, Minorities and Multilingualism in Europe: Language Ideologies and the Practices of Language Difference; S.Gal
A European Perspective on Language as Liminality; C.Brumfit
Americanization, Language Ideologies and the Construction of European Identities; T.Ricento
The Role of 'Europe' in the South African Language Debate; G.Brand
The European Linguistic Legacy in a Global Era: Linguistic Imperialism, Spanish and the Instituto Cervantes; C.Mar-Molinero
PART 2: NEW FORMATIONS IN EUROPE: LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Why 'New' Newspeak? Axiological Insights into Language Ideologies and Practices in Poland; A.Duszak
Language Planning and National Identity in Sweden: A Performativity Approach; T.M.Milani
The Macedonian Standard Language: Tito-Yugoslav Experiment or Symbol for 'Great Macedonian' Ethnic Inclusion?; C.Voss
Language Loyalty in the Baltic: Russian Artists and Linguistic Nationalism in Estonia; R.Rouillard
'National' Languages in Transnational Contexts: Language, Migration and Citizenship in Germany and Austria; P.Stevenson
The European Paradox: Swiss Discourses of Identity Between Dependence and Xenophobia; R.Gould
Conducting Dissonance: Codeswitching and Differential Access to Context in the Belgian Asylum Process; K.Maryns & J.Blommaert
Multilingual Migrants and Monolingual Teachers: The Discursive Construction of Identity in a Flanders Primary School; M.Spotti
Changing Media Spaces: The Transformative Power of Heteroglossic Practices; B.Busch
Dobry den Košice - üdvözlöm Kassát - Hello Kosice: Language Choice in a Slovak Internet Guestbook; L.Bleichenbacher
References
Index
Authors
CLARE MAR-MOLINERO is Reader in Spanish and Head of Modern Languages at the University of Southampton, UK, where she was the founding Director of the Centre for Transnational Studies. She teaches, and has published widely on, language and nationalism, language policies and language education, especially in the Spanish-speaking world. Her publications include The Spanish-speaking World: Sociolinguistic Issues, The Politics of Language in the Spanish-speaking World, and (co-edited with Miranda Stewart) Globalisation and the Spanish-speaking World (forthcoming).
PATRICK STEVENSON is Professor of German and Linguistic Studies at the University of Southampton, UK. His research and teaching interests are in sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, the politics of language, and language and national identity. His current research explores language and citizenship in different European contexts and the position of the German language in relation to cultural and language policies and identity formation in Europe. His most recent publications include Relocating Germanness (edited with John Theobald), Language and German Disunity,The German-speaking World: Sociolinguistic Issues? and Variation im Deutschen (with Stephen Barbour).
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