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Languages in a globalising world

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2003Description: 345p xvISBN:
  • 9780521533546
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.440000 MAU
Contents:
Contents 1. Introduction Jacques Maurais and Michael A. Morris Part I. Global Communication Challenges: 2. Toward a new global linguistic order? Jacques Maurais 3. The geostrategies of interlingualism Mark Fettes 4. Language policy and linguistic theory Douglas A. Kibbee 5. Babel and the market: geostrategies for minority languages Jean Laponce 6. Forecasting the fate of languages William F. Mackey Part II. Major Areas: 7. Language geostrategy in Eastern and Central Europe: assessment and perspectives Ferenc Fodor and Sandrine Peluau 8. Languages and supranationality in Europe: the linguistic influence of the European Union Claude Truchot 9. Regional blocs as a barrier against English hegemony? The language policy of Mercosur in South America Rainer Enrique Hamel 10. Effects of North American integration on linguistic diversity Michael Morris 11. Sociolinguistic changes in transformed Central Asian societies Birgit N. Schlyter 12. Language and script in Japan and other East Asian countries: between insularity and technology Stefan Kaiser 13. Sub-Saharan Africa Roland Breton 14. Australasia and the South Pacific Richard B. Baldauf Jr. and Paulin G. Djite Part III. Languages of Wider Communication: 15. The international status of the German language Ulrich Ammon 16. Arabic and the new technologies Foued Laroussi 17. Russian in the modern world Vida Io. Mikhalchenko and Yulia Trushkova 18. Geolinguistics, geopolitics, geostrategy: the case of French Robert Chaudenson 19. Toward a scientific geostrategy for English Grant McConnell 20. On Brazilian Portuguese in Latin American Integration Maria da Graca Krieger 21. Conclusion: the search for a global linguistic strategy Humphrey Tonkin.
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Contents
1. Introduction Jacques Maurais and Michael A. Morris
Part I. Global Communication Challenges: 2. Toward a new global linguistic order? Jacques Maurais
3. The geostrategies of interlingualism Mark Fettes
4. Language policy and linguistic theory Douglas A. Kibbee
5. Babel and the market: geostrategies for minority languages Jean Laponce
6. Forecasting the fate of languages William F. Mackey
Part II. Major Areas: 7. Language geostrategy in Eastern and Central Europe: assessment and perspectives Ferenc Fodor and Sandrine Peluau
8. Languages and supranationality in Europe: the linguistic influence of the European Union Claude Truchot
9. Regional blocs as a barrier against English hegemony? The language policy of Mercosur in South America Rainer Enrique Hamel
10. Effects of North American integration on linguistic diversity Michael Morris
11. Sociolinguistic changes in transformed Central Asian societies Birgit N. Schlyter
12. Language and script in Japan and other East Asian countries: between insularity and technology Stefan Kaiser
13. Sub-Saharan Africa Roland Breton
14. Australasia and the South Pacific Richard B. Baldauf Jr. and Paulin G. Djite
Part III. Languages of Wider Communication: 15. The international status of the German language Ulrich Ammon
16. Arabic and the new technologies Foued Laroussi
17. Russian in the modern world Vida Io. Mikhalchenko and Yulia Trushkova
18. Geolinguistics, geopolitics, geostrategy: the case of French Robert Chaudenson
19. Toward a scientific geostrategy for English Grant McConnell
20. On Brazilian Portuguese in Latin American Integration Maria da Graca Krieger
21. Conclusion: the search for a global linguistic strategy Humphrey Tonkin.

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