Community and Communication: The Role of Language in Nation State Building and European IntegrationThree processes which have greatly affected European political development since 1945 are: a slow but steady progress towards abolition of political and economic frontiers; a tendency for the old nation-states to fracture, with the communities of which they were composed demanding some devolution of power, autonomy or even full independence; and migration on mass scale. Much has been written about these processes without the linguistic instability always considered. This book investigates how the linguistic dimension might affect European integration. |
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Contents
Chapter | 6 |
Chapter | 10 |
Chapter 2 | 31 |
Chapter 3 | 61 |
Chapter 4 | 79 |
integration The role of language | 108 |
representative democracy The essential role of language | 126 |
Chapter 7 | 162 |
Chapter 8 | 179 |
Chapter 9 | 194 |
Chapter 10 | 230 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Community and Communication: The Role of Language in Nation State Building and European Integration Volume 114 of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism Volume 114 of Multilingual matters |
| Author | Sue Wright |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Multilingual Matters, 2000 |
| ISBN | 1853594849, 9781853594847 |
| Length | 280 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Europe / General Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General |
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