num_pages: 258
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Politics of Language: Language, Nation, and State
titlecomplete: The Politics of Language: Language, Nation, and State
genres: Linguistics, History, Politics
ratings_count: 11
series: Europe in Transition: The NYE European Studies Series
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan