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Book SynopsisThis book brings together research perspectives on the theme of European linguistic and cultural identity. Its chapters are the responses of rising European researchers to the challenges of language and identity in the context of a multilingual Europe, particularly in urban settings. The authors explore the extent to which diversity, and in particular linguistic diversity, affects identity formation across the European Union, from Ireland to Bulgaria, and beyond its borders. These chapters illustrate both the importance of the theme and the potential for further development in theory, policy and praxis. Readers will find this volume to be an informative and useful springboard for a deeper understanding of language and identity in complex social contexts within an evolving geopolitical and cultural landscape.
Table of ContentsContents: Maria Stoicheva and Lorna Carson – Introduction – Penka Hristova, Daniela Modrescu, Dilyana Pavlova/Lorna Carson: European multilingual cities and their citizens: Research perspectives – Piero Ianniello: Linguistic and cultural diversity in Italy: The case of the city of Prato – Jingjing Li: Towards urban inclusion: The case of an urban borderland – Plamena Zayachka – Identity and community: The heritage community of Plovdiv – Denitza Gencheva: The virtual multilingual city – Vihren Evgeniev Mitev: Development of a philosophical-anthropological concept of personality – Yacine Chemssi: Language and identity: The case of some Moroccan immigrants and their direct descendants in post-war France – Bronagh Ćatibušić: Syrian refugee resettlement in Ireland: Language, cultural identity and diversity in host communities beyond the metropolis – Kathleen McTiernan, Aoife Parkes/Lorna Carson: Multilingual practices in primary education in Europe: A scoping review – Desislava Karaasenova: Transnational academic mobility: The experience of Bulgarian Fulbright scholars – Nikolina Tsvetkova/Nadya Birezhakli: The role of language in doctoral training in the European Higher Education Area – Tanya Borisova: English-medium instruction and socio-cultural competence development in high schools in Bulgaria – Maria Metodieva Genova: Building skills for understanding literary texts through multicultural competence – Dominika Cevárová: Increasing nationalistic tendencies in Europe’s political systems: A threat to the EU? –Barbora Hrozenská: The Kurdish minority: A factor influencing Turkey’s migration policy? – Nikolay Yanev: Language in the institutional formation of the EU: ‹Protecting financial interests› as a history of a narrative.
