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Johanna Laakso - Towards Openly Multilingual Policies and Practices: Assessing Minority Language Maintenance Across Europe - 9781783094950 - V9781783094950
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Towards Openly Multilingual Policies and Practices: Assessing Minority Language Maintenance Across Europe

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Description for Towards Openly Multilingual Policies and Practices: Assessing Minority Language Maintenance Across Europe Hardback. This book investigates the maintenance of multilingualism and minority languages in 12 different minority communities across Europe. The authors argue that legislation and institutional and educational support provide no guarantee for minority language maintenance, surmising that changes in attitudes and language ideologies are the key. Series: Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; CFB; CFDM; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
This book investigates the maintenance of multilingualism and minority languages in 12 different minority communities across Europe, all of which are underrepresented in international minority language studies. The book presents a number of case studies covering a broad range of highly diverse minorities and languages with different historical and socio-political backgrounds. Despite current legislation and institutional and educational support, the authors surmise there is no guarantee for the maintenance of minority languages, suggesting changes in attitudes and language ideologies are the key to promoting true multilingualism. The book also introduces a new tool, the European Language Vitality Barometer, for assessing ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights
Condition
New
Weight
553g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783094950
SKU
V9781783094950
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About Johanna Laakso
Johanna Laakso is Professor of Finno-Ugric Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria. Her research interests include Finno-Ugric languages, historical linguistics, language contact and gender linguistics. Anneli Sarhimaa is Professor of Northern European and Baltic languages at the Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz, Germany. She is Vice-President of ELEN (European Language Equality Network). Her research interests ... Read more

Reviews for Towards Openly Multilingual Policies and Practices: Assessing Minority Language Maintenance Across Europe
With refreshing Nordic directness, the advance organiser of the foreword To the Reader (p. xv) asks about general ideas in regard to the role minority languages play in the political and research landscapes in Europe, and thus concludes: Don't be naive. Don't believe everything you are told. Read this book . I second that.
Heinz Kretzenbacher ... Read more

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