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Community languages : mapping provision and matching needs in higher education in England

Mcpake, Joanna and Sachdev, Itesh (2010) Community languages : mapping provision and matching needs in higher education in England. Sociolinguistic Studies, 4 (3). pp. 509-534. ISSN 1750-8649

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Abstract

European nations have a complex history of multilingualism. As is now well established, 19th century nationalism across Europe typically promoted the notion of ‘one state one language’ (Barbour and Carmichael, 2000; Gubbins and Holt, 2002) and thus initiated moves to eradicate so called ‘regional’ or ‘minority’ languages, such as Welsh or Galician, in the name of greater national cohesion. At the same time, the major European powers were in the process of imposing European cultures, and European languages, on colonised territories in Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Americas.

Item type: Article
ID code: 36016
Keywords: community languages, higher education, English education, multilingualism, Theory and practice of education, Psychology(all), Linguistics and Language, Sociology and Political Science, Social Sciences(all), Arts and Humanities(all)
Subjects: Education > Theory and practice of education
Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Education > Education
Depositing user: Pure Administrator
Date deposited: 29 Nov 2011 10:16
Last modified: 06 Jul 2017 00:06
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URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/36016
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