Language, Power, and Politics in Europe

A Companion to the Anthropology of Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 373-388

  Nic Craith, Máiréad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

"culture of standardization," particular languages as legitimate; Contested cultural boundaries; EU, on multilingualism, as shared heritage, asset for Europe; European Charter, rootedness and territory; European Europe and territorial, the indigenous, more problematic; French, Irish, German, legacies of the European Enlightenment; Language, power, and politics, in Europe; Migrant and diaspora, of a European speech community; Multilingual mosaic, challenges facing the EU

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886103640     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118257203.ch22     Document Type: Chapter

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