TY - BOOK ID - 33057392 TI - Brexit, Language Policy and Linguistic Diversity AU - Mac Giolla Chríost, Diarmait. AU - Bonotti, Matteo. PY - 2018 SN - 331978725X 3319787268 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, DB - UniCat KW - European Union KW - E.U. KW - European Union. KW - Great Britain-Politics and gover. KW - Political theory. KW - Sociolinguistics. KW - Language policy. KW - European Union Politics. KW - British Politics. KW - Political Theory. KW - Language Policy and Planning. KW - Glottopolitics KW - Institutional linguistics KW - Language and languages KW - Language and state KW - Languages, National KW - Languages, Official KW - National languages KW - Official languages KW - State and language KW - Communication policy KW - Language planning KW - Language and society KW - Society and language KW - Sociology of language KW - Language and culture KW - Linguistics KW - Sociology KW - Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Social sciences KW - State, The KW - Government policy KW - Social aspects KW - Sociological aspects KW - Great Britain—Politics and government. KW - Political science. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:33057392 AB - 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. ER -