Language Planning and Policy in Europe Vol. 2: The Czech Republic, The European Union and Northern Ireland (Language Planning and Policy, 3) (Vol. 2, 3)

This volume covers the language situation in the Czech Republic, European Union and Northern Ireland explaining the linguistic diversity, the historical and political contexts and the current language situation – including language-in-education planning, the role of the media, the role of religion, and the roles of non-indigenous languages. The authors are indigenous and/or have been participants in the language planning context. The purpose of the volumes in this series is to present up-to-date information on polities that are not well-known to researchers in the field. A longer-range purpose is to collect comparabale information on as many polities as possible in order to facilitate the development of a richer theory to guide language policy and planning in other polities that undertake the development of a national policy on languages. This volumes is part of an areal series which is committed to providing descriptions of language planning and policy in countries around the world. Cover......Page 1 halftitle......Page 2 book series......Page 3 title......Page 4 copyright......Page 5 contents......Page 6 Series Overview......Page 8 Language Policy and Planning in The Czech Republic, the European Union and Northern Ireland: Some Common Issues......Page 12 Language Management in the Czech Republic......Page 23 The European Union, its Institutions and its Languages: Some Language Political Observations......Page 209 An Update on the European Union, its Institutions and its Languages: Some Language Political Observations......Page 259 Language Planning in Northern Ireland......Page 264 An Update on Language Planning in Northern Ireland......Page 316 Biographical Notes on Contributors......Page 320 This volume covers the language situation in the Czech Republic, European Union and Northern Ireland explaining the linguistic diversity, the historical and political contexts and the current language situation a including language-in-education planning, the role of the media, the role of religion, and the roles of non-indigenous languages. The authors are indigenous and/or have been participants in the language planning context. This text covers the language situation in Hungary, Finland, and Sweden explaining linguistic diversity, historical and political contexts, including language-in-education planning; and the roles of the media, of religion, and of minority and migrant languages. The authors have been participants in the language planning context in these polities V. 1. Hungary, Finland, And Sweden -- V. 2. The Czech Republic, The European Union And Northern Ireland / Edited By Richard B. Baldauf Jr. And Robert B. Kaplan -- V. 3. The Baltic States, Ireland And Italy. Edited By Robert B. Kaplan And Richard B. Baldauf, Jr. Includes Bibliographical References.