基本説明
Language and identity are closely interwoven: this collection of essays examines their relationship in a multicultural Europe and beyond and explores various ways in which language is used to forge class, regional and national identity.
Full Description
Language and identity are closely interwoven: this collection of essays examines their relationship in a multicultural Europe and beyond and explores various ways in which language is used to forge class, regional and national identity. The question of multiple identity and the role of English are also considered.
Contents
Introduction - Paul Gubbins and Mike Holt (University of Salford) 1. Language, Nationalism and Globalisation: the Political and Educational Consequences of Changing Patterns of Language Use - Stephen Barbour (University of Toulouse-Le-Mirail) 2. Who we are and where we're going: Language and Identities in the new Europe - Jenny Cheshire (Queen Mary & Westfield College, London) 3. The Lexicon in European Languages Today: Unification or Diversification - Richard Trim (Robert Gordon University) 4. Lost in Translation: EU Language Policy in an Expanded Europe - Paul Gubbins 5. Identity in Transition: Cultural Memory, Language and Symbolic Russianness - Harald Haarmann (University of Helsinki) 6. Transformation of the State in Western Europe: Regionalism in Catalonia and Northern Italy - B. Murphy, C. Diaz-Varela, S. Rino Coluccello (University of Coventry) 7. Fixing National Borders: Language and Loyalty in Nice - Sue Wright (Aston University) 8. The French Language, Universalism and Post-colonial Identity - Mike Holt 9. 'It's a culture thing': Children, Language and 'Boundary' in the Bicultural Family - Michael Anderson (University of Newcastle) 10. Language-use and Identity among African-Caribbean Young People in Sheffield - Lerleen Willis (Nottingham Trent University) 11. Punjabi-Urdu in Sheffield: Language Maintenance and Loss and Development of a Mixed Code Mike Reynolds (University of Sheffield)
