
Multilingualism in Europe
A Case Study organized by the Madariaga European Foundation
Lorna Carson(Editor)
Presses Interuniversitaires Europeennes
2nd Edition
Published on 10. November 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
122 pages
978-90-5201-995-6 (ISBN)
Description
The important question of how to bring the European Union closer to its citizens is bound up with the issue of how individuals, groups and nation states express and assert identity, with one of the fundamental challenges how to approach and deal with multilingual communication.
This study assesses language use in a multilingual trans-European speech community. It examines language learning at school, university and elsewhere, languages spoken at home and in the workplace, and speakers' attitudes towards language learning and future linguistic solutions in Europe. The speech community selected for the case study are graduates of the College of Europe, a postgraduate institution of European Studies. Amongst other questions, this publication asks why these particular speakers are multilingual, and whether a two-tier Europe is developing in terms of foreign language skills. Using the case study as a point of departure for further discussion, the author explores how a balance may be achieved between managing effective communication between speakers, whilst maintaining the right of the individuals to use their own mother tongue.
More details
Series
Edition
2nd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bruxelles
Belgium
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
11. fig. and 5 tables
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
180 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-5201-995-6 (9789052019956)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
The Editor: Lorna Carson is a researcher with the Madariaga European Foundation. A graduate of the College of Europe in Bruges where her research focused on foreign language education in the United Kingdom, she is also a Doctoral Research Student at the Centre for Language and Communication Studies at Trinity College, Dublin.
Content
Contents: Sociolinguistics ¿ Foreign language learning ¿ Language use and choice ¿ Language attitudes.