Minority Languages in Europe: Frameworks, Status, Prospects

Minority languages in Europe, as part of a common cultural heritage, need protection. The contributions to this book reflect urgent, stimulating and productive debates among researchers in sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, politics and sociology, and among language activists and policy makers. At the heart of the debate are the effectiveness of the existing political and legal frameworks aimed at protecting linguistic and cultural diversity, and prospects for the survival of minority languages in the process of European integration.

KARL CORDELL Principal Lecturer in Politics, University of Plymouth, UK DIETER W. HALWACHS Assistant Professor at the Institute for Linguistics, University of Grazm, Austria KRISTIN HENRARD is Associate Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands STEPHEN MAY is Foundation Professor and Chair of Language and Literacy Education in the Arts and Language Department, School of Education, University of Waikato, New Zealand MÁIRÉAD NIC CRAITH is Professor of European Culture and Society at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland CARMEN MILLÁN-VARELA Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, Centre for English Language Studies, University of Birmingham, UK CAMILLE O'REILLY Lecturer in Social Anthropology at Richmond, the American International University in London, UK JOHN PACKER is Professor of Law and Director of the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex, UK VANESSA PUPAVAC Lecturer in Politics, University of Nottingham, UK GRAHAM H. TURNER is Chair of Interpreting& Translation Studies at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland and Director of the Centre for Translation and Interpreting Studies in Scotland