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Language Policy in Higher Education: The Case of Medium-Sized Languages
Contributor(s): Vila Moreno, F. Xavier (Editor), Bretxa, Vanessa (Editor)
ISBN: 1783092742     ISBN-13: 9781783092741
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
OUR PRICE:   $37.95  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Study & Teaching
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics
Dewey: 378.01
LCCN: 2014023726
Series: Multilingual Matters
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.8" W x 8.2" (0.70 lbs) 232 pages
 
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In today's increasingly interconnected, knowledge-based world, language policy in higher education is rapidly becoming a crucial area for all societies aiming to play a part in the global economy. The challenge is double faceted: how can universities retain their crucial role of creating the intellectual elites who are indispensable for the running of national affairs and, at the same time, prepare their best-educated citizens for competition in a global market? To what extent is English really pushing other languages out of the academic environment? Drawing on the experience of several medium-sized language communities, this volume provides the reader with some important insights into how language policies can be successfully implemented. The different sociolinguistic contexts under scrutiny offer an invaluable comparative standpoint to understand what position can - or could - be occupied by each language at the level of higher education.

Contributor Bio(s): Bretxa, Vanessa: - Vanessa Bretxa is a researcher in the sociology of language at the University Centre for Sociolinguistics and Communication at the Universitat de Barcelona and a part-time lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at the same university. She is also the co-editor of the academic journal Language, Society and Communication.Vila, F. Xavier: -

F. Xavier Vila is an associate professor in the Department of Catalan Philology and Director of the University Centre for Sociolinguistics and Communication at the Universitat de Barcelona. He has published widely in the areas of sociolinguistics, demolinguistics and language policy, including Survival and Development of Language Communities: Prospects and Challenges (Multilingual Matters, 2013).