Within the European context, linguistic diversity can be studied at the level of both official state languages and non-national languages. This comprehensive overview offers insightful crossnational and crosscontinental perspectives on non-national languages in terms of both regional and immigrant languages. The book focuses on mapping linguistic diversity in both the private and public domain. Methodological issues and empirical outcomes are explored for a variety of European and non-European countries and languages. The book consists of four parts. Part 1 provides an introduction to the subject, as well as an overview and discussion of migration statistics and language use. Part 2 deals with the mapping of regional languages in Europe, exemplified by case studies on Welsh, Basque, and Frisian. Part 3 focuses on immigrant languages in Europe and includes case studies from both national (Switzerland, Italy, France) and crossnational (Multilingual Cities Project) perspectives. Part 4 turns to mapping linguistic diversity abroad with case studies on Australia, South Africa, Turkey, and Japan.

About the Author
Monica Barni, Universita per Stranieri di Siena, Italy; Guus Extra, Tilburg University, the Netherlands.

Reviews
"[...] the collection is a good tool (well organized and printed) to understand the present academic research on this matter, mainly in Europe and especially in the metropolitan areas."Lorenzo Zanasi in: Linguist List 20.1934



Book Information
ISBN 9783110196214
Author Monica Barni
Format Paperback
Page Count 358
Imprint De Gruyter Mouton
Publisher De Gruyter
Weight(grams) 535g