Towards openly multilingual policies and practices
Subtitle: assessing minority language maintenance across Europe
By: Johanna Laakso, Anneli Sarhimaa, Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark and Reetta Toivanen
Contributors: Sarhimaa, Anneli, editor; Spiliopoulou Åkermark, Athanasia, editor; Toivanen, Reetta, editor
Series: Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights -- 11
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Bristol; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9781783094950; 9781783094967
Subjects: Linguistic minorities; Language maintenance; Language and languages; Variation; Language and culture
Description: This book investigates the maintenance of multilingualism and minority languages in 12 different minority communities across Europe, all of which are underrepresented in international minority language studies. The book presents a number of case studies covering a broad range of highly diverse minorities and languages with different historical and socio-political backgrounds. Despite current legislation and institutional and educational support, the authors surmise there is no guarantee for the maintenance of minority languages, suggesting changes in attitudes and language ideologies are the key to promoting true multilingualism. The book also introduces a new tool, the European Language Vitality Barometer, for assessing the maintenance of minority languages on the basis of survey data. The book is based on the European Language Diversity for All (ELDIA) research project which was funded by the European Commission (7th framework programme, 2010{u2013}2013). --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.