Community and Communication: The Role of Language in Nation State Building and European Integration

Sue Wright

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Community and Communication

The Role of Language in Nation State Building and European Integration

Sue Wright

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2000

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Volume 114 | Multilingual Matters

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This book considers the issue of language in the European Union. With a community of communication, the European Union could develop democratic structures and legitimacy and give meaning to its policies of free movement. How to achieve that community of communication is the biggest challenge facing Europe today.

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Linguistics and Semiotics Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines Sociolinguistics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Introduction The themes of the book Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Chapter 1 Definitions. Theories of nationalism and the role of language. The nationalists and linguistic nationalism. The modernists, industrialisation and democracy. The post-modernists and the invention of tradition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	10
Chapter 2 The role of language in nation state formation. The three European models: assimilation, blood and belonging and fragmentation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	31
Chapter 3 Language as a key organising principle of nationalism. Contending schools in the debate. The linguistic realities of multilingual states Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	61
Chapter 4 The weakening of the concept of sovereignty. Globalisation and internationalisation in the legal, political, economic and cultural domains. The growing role of English as the medium of these phenomena Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	79
Chapter 5 The growth of the European Community. Theories of integration. The role of language Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	108
Chapter 6 Theories of democracy: participatory and liberal representative democracy. The essential role of language in democracy. The democratic deficit in the EU and the need to develop new practices for a multilingual polity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	126
Chapter 7 Managing plurilingualism in the institutions of the EU Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	162
Chapter 8 New and smaller polities. Europe of the Regions. Support for the lesser-used languages of Europe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	179
Chapter 9 Language in the domains of defence, education and research networks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	194
Chapter 10 Conclusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	230
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	255
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	275

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March 31, 2000

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9781800418202

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288

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781800418202

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Czech Republic; Sociolinguistics; Bilingualism & multilingualism

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College/higher education;

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