The other languages of Europe. Demographic, sociolinguistic and educational perspectives.

Sonst. Personen	Extra, Guus (Hrsg.); u.a.
Titel	The other languages of Europe. Demographic, sociolinguistic and educational perspectives.
Quelle	Clevedon u.a.: Multilingual Matters (2001), X, 454 S.Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	Multilingual matters. 118
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Zusatzinformation	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monografie
ISBN	1-85359-509-8
Schlagwörter	Kommunikation; Multikulturalität; Soziolinguistik; Sprache; Sprachgebrauch; Mehrsprachigkeit; Demografie; Migration; Sprachpolitik; Internationaler Vergleich; Internationalität; Integration; Status; Welt; Minderheit; Europäische Union; Europa
Abstract	In Europe, the term 'community languages' is commonly used to refer to the national languages of the European Union member states. This book focuses on other community languages in Europe, by looking at demographic, sociolinguistic and educational aspects of both regional and immigrant languages. Empirical evidence for the status of these other languages of multicultural Europe is brought together in a composite frame of reference from national and cross-national points of view. In doing so, the limitations of the European Charter on Regional or Minority Languages are challenged. A widening of its scope is proposed in order to include rather than exclude immigrant languages in the range of European minority languages. Part 1 covers regional languages in Europe, i. e. Basque in Spain and France, Welsh in Great Britain, Gaelic in Scotland, Frisian in the Netherlands, Slovenian in Carinthia, Swedish in Finland, and the 'national' or ' historical' minority languages in Sweden. Part 2 deals with immigrant languages in Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Great Britain, France and Spain. In the last two cases, the focus is on Maghrebine Arabic. In addition, the status of Romani as a diaspora language across Europe is considered. Part 3 offers a comparative outlook from abroad and focuses on English in contact with other languages in Canada, the United States, South Africa, Australia and India. Given the significant number of inhabitants of Europe who originate from Turkey and Morocco, the final two chapters of this volume deal with the status of dominant and dominated languages in these two countries. (DIPF/orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2003_(CD)