Naslov
''Unwelcome'' Immigrant Minorities in a Globalised Europe: Endangered Minority Languages

Autori
Granić, Jagoda

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
2nd Languages in the Globalised World (LGW): Conference Abstracts : International Conference Hosted by Languages and ELT : Leeds, 27-28 May 2015 / Munyangeyo, Theophile - Leeds : Leeds Beckett University, 2015, 17-18

Skup
2nd Languages in the Globalised World (LGW)

Mjesto i datum
Leeds, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo, 27.05.2015. - 28.05.2015

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
immigrant minorities ; endangered languages ; minority-language rights ; Europe ;

Sažetak
Seeking not only to construct but, even more important, to maintain a multicultural democratic conception, today's Europe runs into numerous problems. These include the daily migrations of European and non-European populations, due to an exceptionally bad economic situation and to military conflicts. As such, the new Europe, which is itself not immune to globalisation processes, tries to establish a uniform policy on all levels, leading toward a centralised, globalised Europe. But on the other hand Europe every day faces large numbers of refugees, new immigrants and asylum-seekers who, as one could expect, throw its centralisation policy into question. Given the complexity of the situation and the difficulties that the established residents are facing, the newcomers find no welcome and often meet explicitly negative reactions from the home population, even from autochthonous minorities who see themselves as privileged vis-à-vis the allochthonous, immigrant minorities. Though the European Union proclaims protection of autochthonous minorities and their languages, as with other lesser used languages, it does not advocate for the "new" minorities and their allochthonous languages. These therefore become endangered in the new surroundings and all their speakers may be labelled and stigmatised. Certain European politicians make distinctions among the "new" (immigrant) minorities, seeing some of them as "unwelcome", even inferior. Hence laws are needed for defending the human rights of immigrant minorities and all their identities, not least their linguistic identities, and therefore their stigmatised languages as well. There are two approaches to minority protection in Europe: one is anti-discrimination and the other is minority rights. Anti-discrimination opposes all forms of discrimination, both direct and indirect, which would eliminate, limit or threaten human rights in any field of activity, including the use of language. Effective participation means the right to participate in decisions, particularly those that are of the greatest importance for the survival of the minority and for its social status. Only clearly defined minority-language rights can prevent the assimilation of minorities, preserve their separate identities and permit their integration. In any case, minority questions go beyond questions of minimal understanding of language and culture.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

Napomena
OCLC Number: 974782040

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