| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 440 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Multilingualism and Diversity Management, 2210-7010 ; v. 2 |
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Multilingualism and diversity management ; v. 2.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- The practical processing of plurilingualism as a resource in professional activities -- Multilingualism and diversity management in companies in the Upper Rhine Region -- Representations of multilingualism and management of linguistic diversity in companies -- A social representational perspective on languages and their management in the Danish corporate sector -- What can Gaelic teach us about effective policy through planning -- Language diversity management on corporate websites -- Language competence and language choice within EU institutions and their effects on national legislative authorities -- EU and lesser-used languages: Slovene language in EU institutions -- Dynamics of multilingualism in post-Enlargement EU institutions -- Accomplishing multilingualism through plurilingual activities -- Multilingual higher education between policies and practices -- Plurilingualisms and knowledge construction in higher education -- Language policies in universities and their outcomes -- Policies and practices of multilingualism at Babes-Bolyai University -- How policies influence multilingual education and the impact of multilingual education on practices -- Assessing efficiency and fairness in multilingual communication -- English as a lingua franca in European multilingualism -- Europe's multilingualism in the context of a European culture of standard languages -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
Starting from the central DYLAN question as to the conditions under which Europeans consider multilingualism as an advantage or as a drawback, the present chapter primarily discusses the historical aspects of European multilingualism. Methodically, many of the aspects dealt with are based on an analytical grid which illustrates the interrelations between the four research areas: "domains", "language attitudes", "language policies" and "contexts". The fifth area "tranversal issues" (Geneva, Vienna, Berlin) and especially the aims of the Berlin research team run at right angles to this, touching |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based online resource; title from title page (EBL, viewed February 5, 2014) |
| Subject |
Multilingualism -- Research -- Methodology
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Language acquisition.
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Language Development
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Language acquisition
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Berthoud, Anne-Claude, editor
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Grin, François, editor
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Lüdi, Georges, editor
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| ISBN |
1306203244 |
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9781306203241 |
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9789027271372 |
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9027271372 |
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9027200564 |
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9789027200563 |
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