Brexit, Language Policy and Linguistic Diversity

by Matteo Bonotti and Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 331978725X
• ISBN13: 9783319787251
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"