Langues et construction européenne
Author: Dominik Hanf
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9789052015941
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The Oxford Handbook of Sociolinguistics
Author: Robert Bayley
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 913
ISBN-13: 0190233745
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis major new survey of sociolinguistics identifies gaps in our existing knowledge base and provides directions for future research.
Advances in Interdisciplinary Language Policy
Author: François Grin
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Published: 2022-01-15
Total Pages: 598
ISBN-13: 9027258279
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book stems from the joint effort of 25 research teams across Europe, representing a dozen disciplines from the social sciences and humanities, resulting in a radically novel perspective to the challenges of multilingualism in Europe. The various concepts and tools brought to bear on multilingualism are analytically combined in an integrative framework starting from a core insight: in its approach to multilingualism, Europe is pursuing two equally worthy, but non-converging goals, namely, the mobility of citizens across national boundaries (and hence across languages and cultures) and the preservation of Europe’s diversity, which presupposes that each locale nurtures its linguistic and cultural uniqueness, and has the means to include newcomers in its specific linguistic and cultural environment. In this book, scholars from applied linguistics, economics, the education sciences, finance, geography, history, law, political science, philosophy, psychology, sociology and translation studies apply their specific approaches to this common challenge. Without compromising the state-of-the-art analysis proposed in each chapter, particular attention is devoted to ensuring the cross-disciplinary accessibility of concepts and methods, making this book the most deeply interdisciplinary volume on language policy and planning published to date.
Investigating English in Europe
Author: Andrew Linn
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2016-08-22
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1614518955
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in researching or just learning more about the changing role and status of English across Europe. The status of English today is explained in its historical context before the authors present some of the key debates and ideas relating to the challenge English poses for learners, teachers, and language policy makers.
Speaking Subjects in Multilingualism Research
Author: Judith Purkarthofer
Publisher: Channel View Publications
Published: 2022-07-22
Total Pages: 409
ISBN-13: 1800415745
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book discusses salient moments of multilingual encounters and brings together contributions focused on the interplay between language use by individuals and societies, and language-related inequalities or opportunities for speakers. The chapters demonstrate how biographical and speaker-centred approaches can contribute to an understanding of linguistic diversity, how researchers can empirically account for lived experiences of languages, and how such accounts are embedded in a larger discussion on social (in)equality. Together the chapters make a powerful case for the importance of speaker-centred methodologies in multilingual and multilingualism research. The book is a rich source of theoretical and methodological reflections and will thus be a valuable resource for both experienced researchers and students beginning to explore biographical research methods.
The Multilingual Turn in Languages Education
Author: Jean Conteh
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2014-09-01
Total Pages: 327
ISBN-13: 1783092238
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book addresses the ways in which languages education around the world has changed in recent years to recognise and reflect the increasing phenomenon of societal multilingualism. It examines the implications for research, theory, policy and practice.
Living Together
Author: European Centre for Modern Languages
Publisher: Council of Europe
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9789287146779
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) works to promote innovations in the teaching and learning of modern languages. This volume contains the proceedings of the third international colloquy which was attended by experts from over 30 countries and was organised in co-operation with the European Commission's Directorate-General for Education and Culture.
Comparative Legal Linguistics
Author: Heikki E.S. Mattila
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2024-11-01
Total Pages: 573
ISBN-13: 1040280781
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines legal language as a language for special purposes, evaluating the functions and characteristics of legal language and the terminology of law. Using examples drawn from major and lesser legal languages, it examines the major legal languages themselves, beginning with Latin through German, French, Spanish and English. This second edition has been fully revised, updated and enlarged. A new chapter on legal Spanish takes into account the increasing importance of the language, and a new section explores the use (in legal circles) of the two variants of the Norwegian language. All chapters have been thoroughly updated and include more detailed footnote referencing. The work will be a valuable resource for students, researchers, and practitioners in the areas of legal history and theory, comparative law, semiotics, and linguistics. It will also be of interest to legal translators and terminologists.
Languages for Special Purposes
Author: John Humbley
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2018-10-22
Total Pages: 584
ISBN-13: 3110228017
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis handbook gives an overview of language for special purposes (LSP) in scientific, professional and other contexts, with particular focus on teaching and training. It provides insights into research paradigms, theories and methods while also highlighting the practical use of LSPs in concrete discourse situations. The volume is transdisciplinary oriented with a firm basis in the language sciences, including terminology, knowledge transfer, multilingual and cross-cultural exchange.
The Economics of Language Policy
Author: Michele Gazzola
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2016-09-30
Total Pages: 515
ISBN-13: 0262034700
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInsights from the application of economic theories and research methods to the management of linguistic diversity in an era of globalization. In an era of globalization, issues of language diversity have economic and political implications. Transnational labor mobility, trade, social inclusion of migrants, democracy in multilingual countries, and companies' international competitiveness all have a linguistic dimension; yet economists in general do not include language as a variable in their research. This volume demonstrates that the application of rigorous economic theories and research methods to issues of language policy yields valuable insights. The contributors offer both theoretical and empirical analyses of such topics as the impact of language diversity on economic outcomes, the distributive effects of policy regarding official languages, the individual welfare consequences of bilingualism, and the link between language and national identity. Their research is based on data from countries including Canada, India, Kazakhstan, and Indonesia and from the regions of Central America, Europe, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Theoretical models are explained intuitively for the nonspecialist. The relationships among linguistic variables, inequality, and the economy are approached from different perspectives, including economics, sociolinguistics, and political science. For this reason, the book offers a substantive contribution to interdisciplinary work on languages in society and language policy, proposing a common framework for a shared research area. Contributors Alisher Aldashev, Katalin Buzási, Ramon Caminal, Alexander M. Danzer, Maxime Leblanc Desgagné, Peter H. Egger, Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll, Michele Gazzola, Victor Ginsburgh, Gilles Grenier, François Grin, Zoe Kuehn, Andrea Lassmann, Stephen May, Serge Nadeau, Suzanne Romaine, Selma K. Sonntag, Stefan Sperlich, José-Ramón Uriarte, François Vaillancourt, Shlomo Weber, Bengt-Arne Wickström, Lauren Zentz
