The Other Languages of Europe

Durk Gorter

ISBN 10: 1853595098 / ISBN 13: 9781853595097

Published by Channel View Publications Ltd, GB, 2001

About this Item

The book offers demographic, sociolinguistic, and educational perspectives on the status of both regional and immigrant languages in Europe and in a wider international context. From a cross-national point of view, empirical evidence on the status of these other languages of multicultural Europe is brought together in a combined frame of reference.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Other Languages of Europe
• Publisher: Channel View Publications Ltd, GB
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853595098
• ISBN 13: 9781853595097
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 598 grams

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Synopsis

The book offers demographic, sociolinguistic, and educational perspectives on the status of both regional and immigrant languages in Europe and in a wider international context. From a cross-national point of view, empirical evidence on the status of these other languages of multicultural Europe is brought together in a combined frame of reference.

About the Authors

Guus Extra is director of Babylon, Center for Studies of Multilingualism in the Multicultural Society at Tilburg University (the Netherlands) and professor of language and minorities at the same university.

Durk Gorter is Ikerbasque research professor in the Department of Education Sciences at the University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Spain. He conducts research on multilingual education, European minority languages and linguistic landscapes; topics on which he has published widely.