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Language, Nation, and State: Identity Politics in a Multilingual Age

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This book examines the role that language has played in forming modern European nations. With language an omnipresent issue within the European Union, the importance languages have played within the histories and present situations of member nations is a crucial topic. Drawing on an international cast of contributors, the book explores the issues of monolingualism vs. plurilingualism within individual nations, the revival of languages in nations such as former soviet republics, and concludes with a look at language in the electronic age.

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As Europe moves closer to adopting English and its de facto lingua franca, this collection of essays explores the links between politics, nationalism monolingualism, and multilingualism

Synopsis:

This book examines the role that language has played in forming modern European nations. With language an omnipresent issue within the European Union, the importance languages have played within the histories and present situations of member nations is a crucial topic. Drawing on an international cast of contributors, the book explores the issues of monolingualism vs. plurilingualism within individual nations, the revival of languages in nations such as former soviet republics, and concludes with a look at language in the electronic age.

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About the Author

Tony Judt is Professor of European Studies at NYU and Director of the Remarque Institute.

Denis Lacorne is Director of Research at FNSP/CERI and teaches at l'Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris.

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Table of Contents

Introduction--Tony Judt and Denis Lacorne * Part 1: The Limits of National Monolingualism * French Jacobinism and the Challenge of Linguistic, Ethnic, and Regional Variety--Alain Fenet * Occitan: The History of Decline--Philippe Martel * 3. Language Wars in the USA: The Case of California--David Lopez * Part 2: The Fragility of Plurilingual Nations * Nationalism versus Bilingualism: The Belgian Case--Astrid von Busekist * Struggling Against Territory: Language Policy in Canada--Kenneth McRoberts * Multiculturalism and Plurilingualism: The Swiss Experience--Uli Windisch * Part 3: Nation-Making and Linguistic Revivals * The Invention of Hebrew as a Daily Language--Alain Dieckhoff * Acculturation and Linguistic Reconstruction in Ukraine, Lithuania, and Belorusse-Daniel Beauvois * Unity and Plurality in the Serbo-Croatian Linguistic Domain--Paul Garde * Conclusion: The Internet: A New Babel? * Languages and Language Communities in the Age of Electronic Discourses--Geoffrey Nunberg

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Product Details

ISBN:
9781403963932
Editor:
Judt, Tony; Lacorne, Denis
Editor:
Lacorne, Denis
Editor:
Judt, Tony
Editor:
Lacorne, Denis
Editor:
Judt, Tony; Lacorne, Denis
Author:
Lacorne, Denis
Author:
Judt, Tony
Publisher:
Palgrave MacMillan
Location:
New York
Subject:
Language and languages
Subject:
Public Policy
Subject:
Political aspects
Subject:
Multilingualism
Subject:
Sociolinguistics
Subject:
International Relations - General
Subject:
Public Policy - General
Subject:
Language and languages -- Political aspects.
Subject:
Multilingualism - Political aspects
Subject:
Politics-United States Foreign Policy
Edition Description:
Trade Cloth
Series:
Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series
Series Volume:
v. 49
Publication Date:
20041031
Binding:
HARDCOVER
Grade Level:
Professional and scholarly
Language:
English
Pages:
272
Dimensions:
8.06x6.28x.81 in. .94 lbs.
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As Europe moves closer to adopting English and its de facto lingua franca, this collection of essays explores the links between politics, nationalism monolingualism, and multilingualism
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This book examines the role that language has played in forming modern European nations. With language an omnipresent issue within the European Union, the importance languages have played within the histories and present situations of member nations is a crucial topic. Drawing on an international cast of contributors, the book explores the issues of monolingualism vs. plurilingualism within individual nations, the revival of languages in nations such as former soviet republics, and concludes with a look at language in the electronic age.
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