The devil in the kaleidoscope: can Europe speak with a single voice in many languages?
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | The devil in the kaleidoscope: can Europe speak with a single voice in many languages? - Reconfiguring Europe |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Arturo Tosi; University of London; |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Linguistics |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | linguistics; applied linguistics; Europe; multilingualism; multiculturalism; language contact and language transfer; interlanguage; |
| 5. | Subject | Subject classification | Applied linguistics |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | I would like to address the question raised in the subtitle: can Europe speak with a single voice in many languages? In the course of this chapter I shall attempt to answer the question from a linguistic point of view. This doesn’t mean that I am not aware of the political side of the problem: the problem of a Europe that cannot speak with a single voice because of a lack of consensus. It is simply that I have more to say about multilingualism. In upholding the values of a multilingual Europe I shall return to some linguistic situations that are becoming increasingly important in contemporary Europe; and, in particular, language contact and language transfer, interlanguage and error analysis. I should like to do this in memory of the scholarship of Pitt Corder, to whom this chapter is dedicated. In my conclusions, I intend to suggest a possible new direction for applied linguistics to promote the preservation of language and culture diversity. I hope this will be a useful contribution to our conference which is devoted to the role of linguistic research in the reconfiguration of Europe. But now, without further ado, let me begin by introducing a notion that is central to most of the issues I have just mentioned: I speak of the devil of course! |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
| 8. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 01-Sep-2006 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 11. | Type | Type | |
| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/29257 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.29257 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; Reconfiguring Europe |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
Europe, Twentieth Century; twenty first century |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |