Multilingualism and social inclusion

Abstract: This is a thematic issue on the relation between multilingualism and social inclusion. Due to globalization, Europeanization, supranational and transnational regulations linguistic diversity and multilingualism are on the rise. Migration and old and new forms of mobility play an important role in these processes. As a consequence, English as the only global language is spreading around the world, including Europe and the European Union. Social and linguistic inclusion was accounted for in the pre-globalization age by the nation-state ideology implementing the "one nation-one people-one language" doctrine into practice. This lead to forced linguistic assimilation and the elimination of cultural and linguistic heritage. Now, in the present age of globalization, linguistic diversity at the national state level has been recognized and multilingual states have been developing where all types of languages can be used in governance and daily life protected by a legal framework. This does

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch
Notes
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet
In: Social Inclusion ; 5 (2017) 4 ; 1-4

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Mannheim
(when)
2017

DOI
10.17645/si.v5i4.1286
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019051617354125929570
Rights
Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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