Language, Culture and Communication in Contemporary Europe
Published on 14. March 1996
Book
Hardback
184 pages
978-1-85359-360-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book gives insight into aspects of contemporary Europe's linguistic and cultural heritage. While all contributors, who are linguists by training, are concerned with language they view it from widely different angles. The book therefore represents a multidisciplinary approach to common concerns.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Channel View Publications Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
343 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85359-360-4 (9781853593604)
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Person
Charlotte Hoffmann grew up in a bilingual family in Germany and raised her children to become trilingual. She is Reader in Sociolinguistics at the University of Salford, UK, where she is also Associate Director of the European Studies Research Institute. Her publications cover child trilingualism, trilingual competence and societal multilingualism.
Content
Introduction
1. John Laver and Jan Roukens: The Global Information Society and Europe's Linguistic and Cultural Heritage
Language, Nationality and Identity
2. Stephen Barbour: Language and National Identity in Europe: Theoretical and Practical Problems
3. Tony Crowley: Signs of Belonging: Languages, Nations and Culture in the Old and New Europe
4. Kim Hardie: Lowland Scots: Issues in Nationalism and Identity
Language Planning and Language Policies
5. Jaques Durand: Linguistic Purification, the French Nation-State and the Linguist
6. Charlotte Hoffmann: Language Planning at the Crossroads: The Case of Contemporary Spain
7. Audrey Brassloff: Centre-periphery Communication in Spain: The Politics of Language and the Language of Politics
8. Paul Gubbins: Sense and Pense: An Alternative Language Policy for Europe
Language, Culture and Translation
9. Jean-Pierre Mailhac: The Formulation of Translation Strategies for Cultural References
10. Christina Schaffner: Translation as Cross-Cultural Communication
1. John Laver and Jan Roukens: The Global Information Society and Europe's Linguistic and Cultural Heritage
Language, Nationality and Identity
2. Stephen Barbour: Language and National Identity in Europe: Theoretical and Practical Problems
3. Tony Crowley: Signs of Belonging: Languages, Nations and Culture in the Old and New Europe
4. Kim Hardie: Lowland Scots: Issues in Nationalism and Identity
Language Planning and Language Policies
5. Jaques Durand: Linguistic Purification, the French Nation-State and the Linguist
6. Charlotte Hoffmann: Language Planning at the Crossroads: The Case of Contemporary Spain
7. Audrey Brassloff: Centre-periphery Communication in Spain: The Politics of Language and the Language of Politics
8. Paul Gubbins: Sense and Pense: An Alternative Language Policy for Europe
Language, Culture and Translation
9. Jean-Pierre Mailhac: The Formulation of Translation Strategies for Cultural References
10. Christina Schaffner: Translation as Cross-Cultural Communication