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Title:

Multilingual encounters in Europe's institutional spaces / edited by Johann W. Unger, Michał Krzyżanowski and Ruth Wodak.

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Academican imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

vi, 279 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Multilingualism--European Union countries.
Multicultural education--European Union countries.
Education, Higher--European Union countries.

Other Authors:

Unger, Johann Wolfgang, editor of compilation.
Krzyżanowski, Michał, 1977- editor of compilation.
Wodak, Ruth, 1950- editor of compilation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Encountering multilingualism in Europe's institutions / Johann W. Unger, Michał Krzyżanowski and Ruth Wodak -- Language management measures and their impact in companies operating in a context of linguistic diversity / Georges Lüdi (University of Basel) -- Language choice and participation management in international work meetings / Vicky Markaki, Sara Merlino, Lorenza Mondada, Florence Oloff and Véronique Traverso (ICAR Research Lab, Lyon) -- The state's instrumentalisation of linguistic diversity: Swiss multilingualism as a national profit? / Alexandre Duchêne (University of Fribourg) and Alfonso Del Percio (University of St Gallen) -- Multilingual communication in Europe's supranational spaces: developments and challenges in European Union institutions / Michał Krzyżanowski (Örebro University) -- The European Parliament: multilingual experiences in the everyday life of MEPS / Ruth Wodak (Lancaster University) -- Multilingual practices in the European Commission / Bernhard Forchtner (Freie Universtät Berlin) -- "It's like winning the lottery": discourses of aspiration and distinction in the local school economy / Adrian Blackledge and Angela Creese (Birmingham University) -- The genealogy of educational change: educating to capitalise migrant students / Luisa Martín Rojo (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) -- Negotiating multilingualism in Flemish higher education / Frank van Splunder (University of Antwerp) -- Building a multilingual university in institutional policies and everyday practices / Emilee Moore (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya) and Luci Nussbaum (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona).

Series:

Advances in sociolinguistics series

ISBN:

1441107819 (hardback)
9781441107817 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)857981458

LCCN:

2013039854

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)