Language, the National and the Transnational in Contemporary Europe

Abstract

This book takes its cue from the coincidence of two key moments in recent European history: 2004 saw both the 15th anniversary of the events of 1989 that launched the post-Cold War era and the accession to the European Union of ten new member states, which gave the process of social transformation within and across national boundaries throughout Europe a new impetus. At the same time, the accelerated process of unification has renewed and heightened the tension between national and supra-national interests. One of the most tangible mani­festations of this tension — between the promotion of, and resistance to, social, economic and political unification — is in conflicting language ideologies, policies and practices. The contributions to this book offer the first attempt following the enlargement of the EU to describe, analyse and evaluate the nature and implications of these complex language issues and to construct an agenda for research on the politics of language in the new European context. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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