Receptive Multilingualism; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; dedication page; Contents; About the authors; Introduction; Part 1. Historical development of receptive multilingualism; Receptive multilingualism in Northern Europe in the Middle Ages; Linguistic diversity in Habsburg Austria as a model for modern European language policy; Part 2. Receptive multilingualism in discourse; Receptive multilingualism in Dutch-German intercultural team cooperation; Receptive multilingualism and inter-Scandinavian semicommunication; Receptive multilingualism in Switzerland and the case of Biel/Bienne
Summary
Receptive multilingualism refers to the language constellation in which interlocutors use their respective mother tongue while speaking to each other. Since the mid-nineties receptive multilingualism is promoted by the European commission on par with other possibilities of increasing the mobility of the European citizens. Throughout the last ten years a marked increase in the research on this topic has been observable. This volume reveals new perspectives from different theoretical frameworks on linguistic analyses of receptive multilingualism in Europe. Case studies are presented from contemp
