Biographical note: Guus Extra, Tilburg University, The Netherlands; Durk Gorter, Ikerbasque- University of the Basque Country, Donostia/San Sebastian, Spain. This book offers an inclusive perspective on the constellation of languages in Europe by...
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Biographical note: Guus Extra, Tilburg University, The Netherlands; Durk Gorter, Ikerbasque- University of the Basque Country, Donostia/San Sebastian, Spain. This book offers an inclusive perspective on the constellation of languages in Europe by taking into account official state languages, regional minority languages and immigrant minority languages as constituent parts of Europe's indentity. Both facts and policies on multilingualism and plurilingual education are addressed in case studies at the national and European level. The themes of the book are addressed from phenomenological, demographic, sociolinguistic and educational points of view.
