Brexit, Language Policy and Linguistic Diversity
Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost author Matteo Bonotti author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Birkhauser Verlag AG
Published:24th May '18
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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 nationalisms in the UK (in Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland) from the ethno-linguistic imaginary of the so-called ‘Europe of the regions’. This strengthens the case both for the de jure recognition of English as the official language of the UK and for embedding autochthonous minority language rights and freedoms in a transformed UK constitution. Second, Brexit strengthens the normative case for English as the lingua franca of the EU, by reducing the injustices associated with the rise of English as the EU and global lingua franca. The book will appeal to students and scholars across the fields of political science, political theory, law, language policy and planning, and sociolinguistics.
“Among the many important implications of Brexit, its impacts on the language policy of the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) have hardly been discussed. Mac Giolla Chriost/Bonotti fill this gap with a compact book consisting of three well-structured chapters. … the authors deserve credit for introducing the implications of Brexit for language policy into the discussion and making an important contribution to it, both for the language policy in the UK and in the EU.” (Manfred Herbert, ZaöRV - Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, Vol. 81 (4), 2021)
“The book complements the emerging literature on the role of English in European Union. The book is still timely after the January 2020 Brexit withdrawal agreement. It also serves as a reminder that even if Brexit appears nation centrist, it also has supranational impacts. … there is a lot of room for co-operation between political scientists, political economists and applied linguists.” (Taina Saarinen, Language Policy, Vol. 20, 2021)
“Mac Giolla Chríost and Bonotti’s timely book on the possible effects on linguistic diversity of the UK’s departure from the EU is a valuable and succinct contribution to the language policy and planning literature. … Ultimately this book is a thought-provoking, timely and carefully argued analysis of the various ways in which Brexit is likely to impact on language policy in the UK and EU now that Britain has left the bloc.” (Stuart S. Dunmore, Language Problems and Language Planning, Vol. 44 (1), 2020)
“This volume constitutes a welcome addition to the literature on the status of UK languages and autochthonous language rights, and offers a discussion of Brexit-induced future policy changes.” (Ursula Lanvers, JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies, February 18, 2020)
ISBN: 9783319787251
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 454g
84 pages
1st ed. 2018