By Christian Mair (Editor)
The advanced politics of English as an international language offers the backdrop either for linguistic reviews of types of English around the globe and for postcolonial literary feedback. The current quantity deals contributions from linguists and literary students that discover this universal floor in a spirit of open interdisciplinary discussion. major professionals check the cutting-edge to indicate instructions for additional examine, with gigantic case experiences ranging over a wide selection of issues - from the legitimacy of language norms of lingua franca communique to the popularity of more moderen post-colonial forms of English within the on-line OED. 4 nearby sections deal with the Caribbean (including the diaspora), Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and Australasia and the Pacific Rim. every one part continues a cautious stability among linguistics and literature, and exterior and indigenous views on concerns. The publication is the main balanced, whole and updated therapy of the subject so far.
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Comment. Empirical research (Schlossmacher 1996, Quell 1997) and working groups of the European Parliament have shown that M E P s are reluctant to see any change in the existing language services, whereas civil servants in the Commission would favour new regulations. People from different member states look at language policy issues in widely differing ways. The management of supra-national language policy is at present largely being left to the market forces that reinforce official and unofficial linguistic hierarchies.
Vignette 2. During the 1995 French presidency of the E U , the French government proposed a restriction on the number of working languages in E U institutions, and a language pact to promote trilingualism in education. This triggered resistance and disagreement, and no action resulted. The French Presidency of 2000 did not push language policy issues, whereas it continued its efforts to strengthen European cultural industries. Comment. Empirical research (Schlossmacher 1996, Quell 1997) and working groups of the European Parliament have shown that M E P s are reluctant to see any change in the existing language services, whereas civil servants in the Commission would favour new regulations.
Ed. (2000b). Rights to Language. Equity, Power, and Education (Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates). ——, & Tove Skutnabb–Kangas (1999). ‘Englishisation: One dimension of globalisation,’ A I L A Review 13 (special issue “English in a changing world,” ed. H. Meinhof): 19–36. Pym, Anthony (2000). ‘The European Union and its future languages: Questions for language policies and translation theories,’ Across Languages and Cultures 1: 1– 18. Quell, Carsten (1997). ‘Language choice in multilingual institutions: A case study of the European Commission with particular reference to the role of English, French and German as working languages,’ Multilingua 16: 57–76.