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Language policies and 'new' migration in officially bilingual areas

Language policies and 'new' migration in officially bilingual areas
Language policies and 'new' migration in officially bilingual areas
This paper explores the implications of new patterns of migration (temporary, circular) for national and regional language policies in officially bilingual areas. Contrasting urban and rural sites in the UK (Wales), Spain (Valencia) and Switzerland (Grisons), it examines the dominant discourses regarding 'national' (both in the formal state and contested regional sense of the word) languages and their role in the integration of immigrants. Furthermore, it shows how bi- or multi-lingual contexts in areas where two (or three) official languages already compete impact on migrants' expectations vis-agrave-vis language competences, attitudes towards local language learning and actual learning practices. It also investigates whether migrants' multi-lingual repertoires are taken into account for official language planning initiatives. In contrasting the dominant discourse about integration, governmental requirements and the existing language-learning provision with migrants' perspectives on their actual linguistic behaviour, we seek to determine alternative strategies for linguistic provision that may respond to new types of migration and might incorporate a more holistic, socio-cultural approach.
language policy, multilingualism, 'new' migration, indigenous minorities, minority language
1466-4208
190-205
Tunger, Verena
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Mar-Molinero, Clare
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Paffey, Darren
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Vigers, Dick
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Barɫóg, Cecilia
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Tunger, Verena
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Paffey, Darren
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Vigers, Dick
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Barɫóg, Cecilia
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Tunger, Verena, Mar-Molinero, Clare, Paffey, Darren, Vigers, Dick and Barɫóg, Cecilia (2010) Language policies and 'new' migration in officially bilingual areas. Current Issues in Language Planning, 11 (2), 190-205. (doi:10.1080/14664208.2010.505074).

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This paper explores the implications of new patterns of migration (temporary, circular) for national and regional language policies in officially bilingual areas. Contrasting urban and rural sites in the UK (Wales), Spain (Valencia) and Switzerland (Grisons), it examines the dominant discourses regarding 'national' (both in the formal state and contested regional sense of the word) languages and their role in the integration of immigrants. Furthermore, it shows how bi- or multi-lingual contexts in areas where two (or three) official languages already compete impact on migrants' expectations vis-agrave-vis language competences, attitudes towards local language learning and actual learning practices. It also investigates whether migrants' multi-lingual repertoires are taken into account for official language planning initiatives. In contrasting the dominant discourse about integration, governmental requirements and the existing language-learning provision with migrants' perspectives on their actual linguistic behaviour, we seek to determine alternative strategies for linguistic provision that may respond to new types of migration and might incorporate a more holistic, socio-cultural approach.

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Published date: May 2010
Keywords: language policy, multilingualism, 'new' migration, indigenous minorities, minority language
Organisations: Modern Languages

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Local EPrints ID: 183259
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/183259
ISSN: 1466-4208
PURE UUID: 451d392b-1f57-4389-ad9e-4bfb233023db
ORCID for Darren Paffey: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2709-8012

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Date deposited: 03 May 2011 09:24
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:22

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Author: Verena Tunger
Author: Darren Paffey ORCID iD
Author: Dick Vigers
Author: Cecilia Barɫóg

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