This book addresses the themes of language, identity and linguistic politics in Europe, drawing on approaches and methodologies from a range of disciplines from socio- and contact linguistics to cultural history, psychology and policy studies. It makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the linguistic landscape of today's Europe.

Autorentext

Virve-Anneli Vihman has a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Edinburgh. She is a senior research fellow in the Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics and the Strategic Adviser on Internationalisation at the University of Tartu, Estonia. She has been involved in drafting the University of Tartüs Language Policy and the Internationalisation Strategy of Estonian Higher Education. Kristiina Praakli holds a PhD from the University of Tartu and researches the Estonian language in the diaspora at the Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics at the University of Tartu, Estonia. She is currently also a visiting lecturer in Estonian language at the University of Helsinki. She is the editor of the handbook Eestlased ja eesti keel välismaal [Estonians and the Estonian language abroad] (2010).

Inhalt

Contents: Virve-Anneli Vihman/Jürgen Barkhoff: Introduction: The Shaping of Linguistic Identity in Europe Johanna Laakso: Who Needs Karelian, Kven or Austrian Hungarian - and Why? Anna Verschik: Estonian-Russian Code-Copying in Russian-Language Blogs: Language Change and a New Kind of Linguistic Awareness Martin Ehala: Russian-Speakers in the Baltic Countries: Language Use and Identity Bettina Bock/Rosemarie Lühr: Interaction Among European Languages and German Vocabulary John E. Joseph: Indexing and Interpreting Language, Identities and Face Emili Boix-Fuster: Languages and Identities in Catalonia Konstanze McLeod: Gaelic and Sorbian as Multiple Boundary Markers: Implications of Minority Language Activism in Scotland and Lusatia Aune Valk: The Role of Language in Estonian Identity Patrick Sériot: Language and Nation: Two Models Tomasz Kamusella: Scripts and Politics in Modern Central Europe John Walsh: Pushing an Open Door? Aspects of Language Policy at an Irish University.