This book seeks to fill a gap in the study of higher education language policies. It is a well-researched, well-documented, and thoughtful comparative consideration of the challenge of internationalisation for ‘linguae academicae’ other than English. Vila and Bretxa’s edited volume will definitively help decision-makers, language activists and scholars to understand the complexities and to identify the opportunities for universities under the current process of internationalisation, and to reduce the anxieties it sometimes produces.
Xabier Arzoz, University of the Basque Country, Spain This book focuses on languages under pressure from globalization to lose their prestige status at universities. While major languages remain strong, medium-sized ones are close to succumbing to the global champion, English. This volume lucidly combines theory with meticulous case studies to reveal insights opening up new research perspectives and applications.
Ulrich Ammon, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany