Mapping Linguistic Diversity in Multicultural Contexts / / Monica Barni, Guus Extra

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454339303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2008]; ©2008
• ISBN: 1-282-19684-7; 9786612196843; 3-11-020734-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (360 p.)
• Collana: Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ; ; 94
• Disciplina: 306.44
• Soggetti: Linguistics; Linguistic minorities; Cultural pluralism; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Section I. Introduction -- Mapping linguistic diversity in multicultural contexts: Cross-national and cross-linguistic perspectives -- European migration statistics: Definitions, data and challenges -- Section II. Mapping regional languages in Europe -- TheWelsh language in the United Kingdom: Beyond cartography -- The status of Basque in the Basque country -- Language surveys on Frisian in the Netherlands -- Section III. Mapping immigrant languages in Europe -- Mapping immigrant minority languages in multicultural cities -- Immigrant languages and languages of France -- Mapping immigrant languages in Switzerland -- Mapping immigrant languages in Italy -- Section IV.Mapping linguistic diversity abroad -- Mapping linguistic diversity in an emigration and immigration context: Case studies on Turkey and Austria -- The Linguistic Atlas of South Africa: Mapping diversity in space and time -- Community languages in Australia -- The linguistic landscape of Tokyo -- Backmatter
• Sommario/riassunto: Within the European context, linguistic diversity can be studied at the ; level of both official state languages and non-national languages. This comprehensive overview offers insightful crossnational and crosscontinental perspectives on non-national languages in terms of both regional and immigrant languages. The book focuses on mapping linguistic diversity in both the private and public domain. Methodological issues and empirical outcomes are explored for a variety of European and non-European countries and languages. The book consists of four parts. Part 1 provides an introduction to the subject, as well as an overview and discussion of migration statistics and language use. Part 2 deals with the mapping of regional languages in Europe, exemplified by case studies on Welsh, Basque, and Frisian. Part 3 focuses on immigrant languages in Europe and includes case studies from both national (Switzerland, Italy, France) and crossnational (Multilingual Cities Project) perspectives. Part 4 turns to mapping linguistic diversity abroad with case studies on Australia, South Africa, Turkey, and Japan.