Urban multilingualism in Europe : immigrant minority languages at home and school

Author(s)

• Extra, Guus
• Yağmur, Kutlay

Bibliographic Information

Urban multilingualism in Europe : immigrant minority languages at home and school

edited by Guus Extra and Kutlay Yağmur

（Multilingual matters / series editor, Derrick Sharp, 130）

Multilingual Matters, c2004

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9781853597787

Description

This book focuses on the increase of urban multilingualism in Europe as a consequence of processes of migration and minorisation. It offers multidisciplinary, crossnational and crosslinguistic perspectives on immigrant minority languages at home and in school in six multicultural cities across Europe. In each of these cities, Germanic or Romance languages have a dominant status in public life. This Multilingual Cities Project is based on large-scale empirical findings and has been carried out under the auspices of the European Cultural Foundation, in Amsterdam. Part I offers multidisciplinary background information on phenomenological, demographic, language rights and educational aspects of the status of immigrant minority communities and their languages in a variety of international contexts. Part II offers methodological considerations on the Multilingual Cities Project. In addition, it presents both national and local perspectives on multilingualism in each of the six cities under consideration. Each chapter provides information on the distribution and vitality of immigrant minority languages spoken at home and on the status of these languages in primary and secondary schools. Part III offers crossnational and crosslinguistic perspectives on the twenty most prominent languages that emerge from the study. The focus is again on the two major private and public domains in which language transmission may or may not occur: the home and the school, respectively. The book offers a challenging outlook on the educational management of language diversity in the increasingly multicultural and multilingual context of European nation-states.

Table of Contents

1 Guus Extra & Kutlay Yağmur: Introduction Part 1: Multidisciplinary Perspectives 2 Guus Extra & Kutlay Yağmur: Phenomenological Perspectives 3 Guus Extra & Kutlay Yağmur: Demographic Perspectives 4 Guus Extra & Kutlay Yağmur: Language Rights Perspectives 5 Guus Extra & Kutlay Yağmur: Educational Perspectives Part 2: Multilingual Cities Project: National and Local Perspectives 6 Guus Extra, Kutlay Yağmur and Tim Van Der Avoird: Methodological Considerations 7 Lilian Nygren-Junkin: Multilingualism in Göteborg 8 Sabine Bühler-Otten and Sara Fürstenau: Multilingualism in Hamburg 9 Rian Aarts, Guus Extra and Kutlay Yağmur: Multilingualism in The Hague 10 Marc Verlot and Kaat Delrue: Multilingualism in Brussels 11 Mehmet-Ali Akinci and Jan Jaap De Ruiter: Multilingualism in Lyon 12 Peter Broeder and Laura Mijares: Multilingualism in Madrid Part 3: Multilingual Cities Project: Crossnational and Crosslinguistic Perspectives 13 Guus Extra, Kutlay Yağmur and Tim Van Der Avoird: Crossnational Perspectives on Language Groups 14 Guus Extra, Kutlay Yağmur and Tim Van Der Avoird: Crosslinguistic Perspectives on Language Groups 15 Guus Extra, Kutlay Yağmur and Tim Van Der Avoird: Crossnational Perspectives on Community Language Teaching 16 Guus Extra, Kutlay Yağmur and Tim Van Der Avoird: Conclusions and Discussion Appendices

Volume

: hbk ISBN 9781853597794

Description

This book focuses on the increase of urban multilingualism in Europe as a consequence of processes of migration and minorisation. It offers multidisciplinary, crossnational and crosslinguistic perspectives on immigrant minority languages at home and in school in six multicultural cities across Europe. In each of these cities, Germanic or Romance languages have a dominant status in public life. This Multilingual Cities Project is based on large-scale empirical findings and has been carried out under the auspices of the European Cultural Foundation, in Amsterdam. Part I offers multidisciplinary background information on phenomenological, demographic, language rights and educational aspects of the status of immigrant minority communities and their languages in a variety of international contexts. Part II offers methodological considerations on the Multilingual Cities Project. In addition, it presents both national and local perspectives on multilingualism in each of the six cities under consideration. Each chapter provides information on the distribution and vitality of immigrant minority languages spoken at home and on the status of these languages in primary and secondary schools. Part III offers crossnational and crosslinguistic perspectives on the twenty most prominent languages that emerge from the study. The focus is again on the two major private and public domains in which language transmission may or may not occur: the home and the school, respectively. The book offers a challenging outlook on the educational management of language diversity in the increasingly multicultural and multilingual context of European nation-states.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction Guus Extra & Kutlay Yagmur: Part I Multidisciplinary perspectives 2 Phenomenological perspectives 3 Demographic perspectives 4 Language rights perspectives 5 Educational perspectives Part II Multilingual Cities Project: national and local perspectives 6 Guus Extra, Kutlay Yagmur & Tim Van Der Avoird: Methodological considerations 7 Lilian Nygren-Junkin: Multilingualism in Goeteborg 8 Sabine Buhler-Otten & Sara Furstenau: Multilingualism in Hamburg 9 Rian Aarts, Guus Extra & Kutlay Yagmur: Multilingualism in The Hague 10 Marc Verlot & Kaat Delrue: Multilingualism in Brussels 11 Mehmet-Ali Akinci & Jan Jaap De Ruiter: Multilingualism in Lyon 12 Peter Broeder & Laura Mijares: Multilingualism in Madrid Guus Extra, Kutlay Yagmur & Tim Van Der Avoird: Part III Multilingual Cities Project: crossnational and crosslinguistic perspectives 13 Crossnational perspectives on language groups 14 Crosslinguistic perspectives on language groups 15 Crossnational perspectives on community language teaching 16 Conclusions and discussion Appendices

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Details

• NCID: BA68552873
• ISBN:
  • 1853597791
  • 1853597783
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Clevedon, Avon, England ; Buffalo
• Pages/Volumes: x, 428 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P115.5.E85
  • DC22 : 306.44/6/094
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Multilingualism -- Europe
  • LCSH : Linguistic minorities -- Europe
  • LCSH : Immigrants -- Europe -- Language
  • LCSH : Language and education -- Europe
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0388721X