Multilingualism in European bilingual contexts [[electronic resource] ] : language use and attitudes / / edited by David Lasagabaster and Angel Huguet

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784012703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Clevedon, [England] ; ; Buffalo, : Multilingual Matters, c2007
• ISBN: 1-280-73943-6; 9786610739431; 1-85359-931-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 p.)
• Collana: Multilingual matters ; ; 135
• Classificazione: HD 150
• Altri autori (Persone): HuguetAngel; LasagabasterDavid <1967->
• Disciplina: 404/.2094
• Soggetti: Bilingualism - Europe; Language awareness - Europe; Multilingualism - Europe
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- The Contributors -- Introduction: A Transnational Study in European Bilingual Contexts -- Chapter 1. Language Use and Language Attitudes in Catalonia -- Chapter 2. Language Use and Language Attitudes in Galicia -- Chapter 3. Language Use and Language Attitudes in the Basque Country -- Chapter 4. Language Use and Language Attitudes in the Valencian Community -- Chapter 5. Language Use and Language Attitudes in Brussels -- Chapter 6. Language Use and Language Attitudes in Friesland -- Chapter 7. Language Use and Language Attitudes in Ireland -- Chapter 8. Language Use and Language Attitudes in Malta -- Chapter 9. Language Use and Language Attitudes in Wales -- Chapter 10. The Linguistic Issue in Some European Bilingual Contexts: Some Final Considerations
• Sommario/riassunto: To say that multilingualism is the norm and monolingualism the exception has become a truism. In fact, the European Union is clearly committed to a multilingual Europe in which all its educational systems are advised to include two Community languages. It is in this context ; where this volume analyses the language use and attitudes of would-be teachers, as they will play a paramount role when it comes to keeping multilingualism as one of the key features of the European identity. There are four main reasons why this volume can make a contribution to this field of research. Firstly, it is a transnational study involving nine different bilingual states/areas which allows the reader to compare contexts that, despite sharing some similarities, do have their own peculiarities. Secondly, it considers not only the minority and majority languages, but also the different foreign languages. Thirdly, it relies on the same instrument and methodology. And last but not least, the participants will have an enormous influence on their different educational systems and on their students’ linguistic perceptions.

The dynamics of international migration and settlement in Europe : a state of the art / / Rinus Penninx, Maria Berger, Karen Kraal (eds.) [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910146395003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2006
• ISBN: 1-280-95830-8; 9786610958306; 90-485-0417-1; 1-4294-5454-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (318 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: IMISCOE Joint Studies
• Disciplina: 304.8/4
• Soggetti: Immigrants - Europe; Europe Emigration and immigration; Europe Race relations; Europe Ethnic relations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021).
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction / Penninx, Rinus -- 2. International Migration and Its Regulation / Baganha, Maria I. / ; Doomernik, Jeroen / Fassmann, Heinz / Gsir, Sonia / Hofmann, Martin / Jandl, Michael / Kraler, Albert / Neske, Matthias / Reeger, Ursula -- 3. Migration and Development: Causes and Consequences / Black, Richard / Biao, Xiang / Collyer, Michael / Engbersen, Godfried / Heering, Liesbeth / Markova, Eugenia -- 4. Migrants' Citizenship: Legal Status, Rights and Political Participation / Baubök, Rainer / Kraler, Albert / Martiniello, Marco / Perchinig, Bernhard -- 5. Migrants' Work, Entrepreneurship and Economic Integration / Bommes, Michael / Kolb, Holger -- 6. Social Integration of Immigrants with Special Reference to the Local and Spatial Dimension / Asselin, Olivier / Dureau, Françoise / Fonseca, Lucinda / Giroud, Matthieu / Hamadi, Abdelkader / Kohlbacher, Josef / Lindo, Flip / Malheiros, Jorge / Marcadet, Yann / Reeger, Ursula -- 7. Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Diversity in Europe: An Overview of Issues and Trends / Vertovec, Steven / Wessendorf, Susanne -- 8. Identity, Representation, Interethnic Relations and Discrimination / Bastos, José / Ibarrola-Armendariz, Aitor / Sardinha, João / Westin, Charles / Will, Gisela -- 9. Time, Generations and Gender in Migration and Settlement / King, Russell / Thomson, Mark / Fielding, Tony / Warnes, Tony -- 10. The Multilevel Governance of Migration / Zincone, Giovanna / Caponio, Tiziana -- 11. Conclusions and Directions for Research / Penninx, Rinus -- Notes -- Literature
• Sommario/riassunto: Between 1991 and 2001, the size of Britain's ethnic minority population increased by a full fifty percent. In that same decade, approximately one million immigrants settled in Britain. Similar patterns of migration and settlement are taking place in other European countries, such as Germany and France. The Dynamics of Migration and Settlement in Europe</i> explores the causes and consequences of such massive changes in demography. Researchers at the IMISCOE-Network of Excellence (Immigration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe) bring together a wealth of theoretical and analytical research in this collection of essays addressing the many crucial questions that have arisen in the past two decades. Underlying these essays is a key concern for the healthy management of these new migration processes, as well as the eventual shape of the new societies that are just beginning to emerge. International migration and the ensuing questions about integration continue to be subjects of intense debate, and this book will be welcomed among those involved in migration studies and international development.