Language Ideologies, Policies and Practices : Language and the Future of Europe

Author: Mar-Molinero, Clare, Stevenson, Patrick

linguistics

Published on 16 December 2005 by Palgrave Macmillan in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Language and Globalization' series.

Paperback / softback | 268 pages, 4 Illustrations, black and white; XII, 268 p. 4 illus.
215 x 141 x 16

The contributors to Language Ideologies, Policies and Practices investigate the workings of language ideologies in relation to other social processes in a globalizing world. They explore in detail the specific ways in which language ideologies underpin language policy and the relationship between public policies and individual practices. Particular attention is given to Europe, where the impetus to social transformation within and across national boundaries is in renewed tension with conflicting national and supra-national interests, with these tensions reflected in the complex issues of language choice and language policy.