English in the European Context
Author: Ángeles Linde López
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9783034300889
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European Language Matters
Author: Peter Trudgill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-11-11
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1108832962
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBringing together Trudgill's columns for the New European, this collection explores the influence of European language on English.
Second Language Learning Motivation in a European Context: The Case of Hungary
Author: Kata Csizér
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-01-04
Total Pages: 163
ISBN-13: 3030644626
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides an overview of second language (L2) motivation research in a specific European context: Hungary, which has proved to offer an important laboratory for such research, as a number of major political changes over the past 30 years have created a changing background for L2 learning in an increasingly globalized world. The book provides an overview of theoretical research on L2 motivation, together with detailed information on large-scale L2 motivation studies in Hungary. Further, it presents a meta-analysis of the most important investigations, and qualitative data on teachers’ views regarding success in L2 learning. In turn, the interdisciplinary nature of L2 motivation is taken into account and relevant antecedent constructs to L2 motivation are investigated. Lastly, the book outlines possible future directions for L2 motivation research.
English in the German-speaking World
Author: Raymond Hickey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-12-05
Total Pages: 437
ISBN-13: 1108488099
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of studies on the role of English in German-speaking countries, covering a broad range of topics.
The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes
Author: Andy Kirkpatrick
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-12-31
Total Pages: 840
ISBN-13: 1000319725
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Routledge Handbook of World Englishes constitutes a comprehensive introduction to the study of World Englishes. Split into six sections with 40 contributions, this Handbook discusses how English is operating in a wide range of fields from business to popular culture and from education to new literatures in English and its increasing role as an international lingua franca. Bringing together more than 40 of the world’s leading scholars in World Englishes, the sections cover historical perspectives, regional varieties of English from across the world, recent and emerging trends and the pedagogical implications and the future of Englishes. The Handbook provides a thorough and updated overview of the field, taking into account the new directions in which the discipline is heading. This second edition includes up-to-date descriptions of a wide range of varieties of English and how these reflect the cultures of their new users, including new chapters on varieties in Bangladesh, Uganda, the Maldives and South Africa, as well as covering hot topics such as translanguaging and English after Brexit. With a new substantial introduction from the editor, the Handbook is an ideal resource for students of applied linguistics, as well as those in related degrees such as applied English language and TESOL/TEFL.
Language Rights and the Law in the European Union
Author: Eduardo D. Faingold
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2019-11-15
Total Pages: 154
ISBN-13: 3030330125
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the language policies relating to linguistic rights in European Union law and in the constitutions and legal statutes of some European Union member states. In recent years, the European Union has seen an increase in claims for language recognition by minority groups representing a considerable population (such as Catalan in Spain and Welsh in the UK). Additionally, there is a developing situation surrounding the official use of English within the European Union in the aftermath of the Brexit vote. In light of these two contexts, this book focuses on the degree of legal protection afforded to linguistic groups in the European Union. It will be of interest to students and scholars of language policy, EU law, minority languages and sociolinguistics.
England's Troubles
Author: Jonathan Scott
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000-05-25
Total Pages: 564
ISBN-13: 9780521423342
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this path-breaking study, first published in 2000, Jonathan Scott argues that seventeenth-century English history was shaped by three processes. The first was destructive: that experience of political instability which contemporaries called 'our troubles'. The second was creative: its spectacular intellectual consequence in the English revolution. The third was reconstructive: the long restoration voyage toward safe haven from these terrifying storms. Driving the troubles were fears and passions animated by European religious and political developments. The result registered the impact upon fragile institutions of powerful beliefs. One feature of this analysis is its relationship of the history of events to that of ideas. Another is its consideration of these processes across the century as a whole. The most important is its restoration of this extraordinary English experience to its European context.
Language, Mobility and Study Abroad in the Contemporary European Context
Author: Rosamond Mitchell
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-05-11
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 1000379272
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection explores student mobility and study abroad programmes across Europe, presenting original research on personal, linguistic, and intercultural development during study abroad experiences. The volume synthesizes work from the 2016-2020 Cost Action 15130 ‘Study Abroad Research in European Perspective’ research network, offering a multidisciplinary account of the intersection of language learning and study abroad in Europe amidst the changing contemporary higher education landscape, as well as new directions for future research. The initial section comprises short survey chapters outlining key themes and literature, connecting traditional study abroad research with new multilingual and transnational realities. This is supported by a main section containing original empirical studies in a wide range of European contexts and a short afterword bringing together policy and pedagogical proposals. Taken together, the collection shines a light on the impact of the internationalisation of higher education on linguistic dimensions of student mobility while including a range of lesser studied settings and languages. New insights are offered on language learning, identity, interculturality, student agency and motivation, and transnational social networks in the study abroad context. This book will be of particular interest to students, researchers and institutions interested in the intersection of language learning and study abroad, including such areas as multilingualism, higher education, and applied linguistics. Chapter 8 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Standard Languages and Multilingualism in European History
Author: Matthias Hüning
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9027200556
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores the roots of Europe's struggle with multilingualism. This book argues that, over the centuries, the pursuit of linguistic homogeneity has become a central aspect of the mindset of Europeans. It offers an overview of the emergence of a standard language ideology and its relationship with ethnicity, territorial unity and social mobility
Terminological Approaches in the European Context
Author: Paola Faini
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2017-03-07
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 1443879517
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume provides a picture of state-of-the-art studies on terminology at the European level. Addressing a range of linguistic and cultural topics, it illustrates the diversity of terminological approaches, uses and solutions. A variety of national contexts and areas, from economics and law through to gender, environment and education, is explored to illustrate emerging national issues and practices in view of measuring and assessing them against European standards. The book discusses the selection of languages and cultural attitudes that characterize European Union countries, challenging and productive as they can be. It highlights the need to acknowledge differences in specific domains and the necessity to evaluate national policies (or indeed lack of policies) regarding terminological issues, and facilitate communication and dissemination of knowledge.
