1st Edition
Language Policy and the Future of Europe A Conversation with Seán Ó Riain
Preface (Seán Ó Riain)
Introduction (Alice Leal)
Chapter 1: The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Questions 1-3
Chapter 2: The status of multilingualism in the European Commission
Questions 4-5
Chapter 3: The European Commission and English as a “lingua franca”
Questions 6-8
Chapter 4: Migrant and non-territorial languages in the EU
Questions 9-10
Chapter 5: Language policy and official EU status
Questions 11-12
Chapter 6: Ireland and multilingualism in a post-Brexit EU
Questions 13-15
Conclusions (Alice Leal & Seán Ó Riain)
Biography
Alice Leal is Associate Professor of Translation and Interpreting Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Seán Ó Riain is an Irish diplomat and linguist with over 40 years of diplomatic service, presently in charge of the promotion of multilingualism at the Irish Foreign Ministry.
