Brexit, Language Policy and Linguistic Diversity

• Main Authors: Mac Giolla Chríost, Diarmait (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Bonotti, Matteo (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics,
• Subjects: European Union.; Great Britain-Politics and government.; Political theory.; Sociolinguistics.; Language policy.; European Union Politics.; British Politics.; Political Theory.; Language Policy and Planning.

This book argues that Brexit will wholly re-shape the legal framework and public policy norms relating to linguistic diversity that have dominated public life in the UK and the EU since the Treaty on European Union in 1993. First, Brexit de-anchors the linguistic actors engaged with sub-state nation...

Table of Contents:

• 1 An Empirical Overview of the Constitutional, Legal and Public Policy Status of the Languages of the UK and the EU
• 2 Brexit and the Autochthonous Languages of the UK
• 3 Brexit and English as a Lingua Franca in the European Union
• Concluding Remarks.