Multilingualism (re-)framed: Ecological perspectives on language use, representation and identity
Organiser Döring, Martin / Fill, Alwin / Trampe, Wilhelm
U of Hamburg ·Germany, U of Graz ·Austria
This symposium adopts an ecological approach to reframe the discussion and investigation of multilingualism. It will consider research that addresses the interaction of languages and language users in a broadly social, geographical and biological matrix.
Contributors to Symposium:
Döring, Martin / Osthus, Dietmar / Polzin-Haumann, Claudia ·Friend or Foe? The New Media and their role in supporting minority languages in France, Spain and Portugal (U of Hamburg · Germany, U of Bonn · Germany, Saarland U ·Germany)
Fill, Alwin ·The Economy of Ecology: Economic aspects of language diversity and multilingualism (U of Graz · Austria)
Alexander, Richard J. ·Globalization, Englishization in Europe, English in Academia: The end of cultural and linguistic diversity? (Vienna U of Economics and Business Administration (WU) · Austria)
Mühlhäusler, Peter ·Traditional vs. contemporary ecological support systems for Australian Aboriginal languages (U of Adelaide · Australia)
Sinner, Carsten · Ecological metaphors in recent debates over language and language politics in Catalonia (Humboldt-U of Berlin · Germany)
Visser, Judith ·The Jèrriais: Perspectives for a Channel Islands’ dialect (U of Bonn · Germany)