Community and Communication: The Role of Language in Nation State Building and European Integration

by Sue Wright

Overview

This book considers the issue of language in the European Union. Without a community of communication, the EU must remain a trading association run in an autocratic way by bilingual patrician technocrats; with a community of communication, the European Union could develop democratic structures and legitimacy and give meaning to its policies of free movement. How to achieve that community of communication is the biggest challenge facing Europe today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781853594854
Publisher:	Multilingual Matters Ltd.
Publication date:	03/01/2000
Series:	Multilingual Matters Series , #114
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.95(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.83(d)

About the Author

Sue Wright is a lecturer in the School of Language and European Studies at Aston University. Her research interests are multilingualism and language policy in Europe.