Community and Communication: The Role of Language in Nation State Building and European Integration (Multilingual Matters, 114) - Softcover

Wright, Dr. Sue

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853594849 ISBN 13: 9781853594847

Publisher: Multilingual Matters, 2000

Synopsis

This book considers the issue of language in the European Union. Without a community of communication, the EU must remain a trading association run in an autocratic way by bilingual patrician technocrats; 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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About the Author

Sue Wright is a lecturer in the School of Language and European Studies at Aston University. Her research interests are multilingualism and language policy in Europe.

Edition details

• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853594849
• ISBN 13: 9781853594847
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288