Exploring the Dynamics of Multilingualism

Abstract

1. Introduction 2. Part I. Companies 3. Chapter 1. Multilingual practices in professional settings: Keeping the delicate balance between progressivity and intersubjectivity (by Markaki, Vassiliki) 4. Chapter 2. The practical processing of plurilingualism as a resource in professional activities: 'Border-crossing' and 'languaging' in multilingual workplaces (by Greco, Luca) 5. Chapter 3. Multilingualism and diversity management in companies in the Upper Rhine Region (by Ludi, Georges) 6. Chapter 4. Representations of multilingualism and management of linguistic diversity in companies: Intertwining of collective monophony and polyphony in individual enunciators (by Bothorel-Witz, Arlette) 7. Chapter 5. A social representational perspective on languages and their management in the Danish corporate sector (by Millar, Sharon) 8. Chapter 6. What can Gaelic teach us about effective policy through planning?: Strategies in Gaelic language planning (by Milligan, Lindsay) 9. Chapter 7. Language diversity management on corporate websites (by Yanaprasart, Patchareerat) 10. Part II. European institutions 11. Chapter 8. Language competence and language choice within EU institutions and their effects on national legislative authorities (by Kruse, Jan) 12. Chapter 9. EU and lesser-used languages: Slovene language in EU institutions (by Stritar, Mojca) 13. Chapter 10. Dynamics of multilingualism in post-Enlargement EU institutions: Perceptions, Conceptions and Practices (by Krzyzanowski, Michal) 14. Part III. Higher education 15. Chapter 11. Accomplishing multilingualism through plurilingual activities (by Nussbaum, Luci) 16. Chapter 12. Multilingual higher education between policies and practices: A case study (by Veronesi, Daniela) 17. Chapter 13. Plurilingualisms and knowledge construction in higher education (by Gajo, Laurent) 18. Chapter 14. Language policies in universities and their outcomes: The University of Helsinki in a Northern European context (by Moring, Tom) 19. Chapter 15. Policies and practices of multilingualism at Babes-Bolyai University (Cluj, Romania) (by Oltean, Stefan) 20. How policies influence multilingual education and the impact of multilingual education on practices (by Van de Craen, Piet) 21. Part IV. Transversal issues 22. Chapter 17. Assessing efficiency and fairness in multilingual communication: Theory and application through indicators (by Grin, Francois) 23. Chapter 18. English as a lingua franca in European multilingualism (by Hulmbauer, Cornelia) 24. Chapter 19. Europe's multilingualism in the context of a European culture of standard languages (by Moliner, Olivier) 25. Conclusion (by Berthoud, Anne-Claude) 26. Index