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- Publisher
- de Gruyter
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2015 by the
- ISSN
- 2192-9521
- eISSN
- 2192-953X
- DOI
- 10.1515/eujal-2015-0009
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
EuJAL 2015; 3(1): 145153 Research Projects for Europe Anne-Claude Berthoud, François Grin and Georges Lüdi DOI 10.1515/eujal-2015-0009 The Project This paper presents the European research project Language Dynamics and Management of Diversity (DYLAN) and its main findings.1 This project, from the European Union's Sixth Framework Program, completed in 2011 after five years' work by nineteen partners from thirteen countries across Europe, offers a fresh look on multilingualism in European institutions, businesses and institutions of higher education. In this project, our focus was on the interrelationships between actual language practices, people's representations about multilingualism, their language choices, and the contexts in which they are confronted with linguistic diversity. In order to deepen our understanding of these relationships, we have examined at close range (i) how the very diverse linguistic repertoires of speakers operating in increasingly multilingual environments develop, and (ii) how actors make the best use of their repertoires and adapt them skilfully to different objectives and conditions. Throughout the project, a special emphasis was 1 This was an integrated project from the European Union's Sixth Framework Program, Priority 7, "Citizens and governance in a knowledge-based society" that included 19 partners from 12 countries: Université de Lausanne, Université de
Journal
European Journal of Applied Linguistics – de Gruyter
Published: Mar 1, 2015