Maintaining Minority Languages in Transnational Contexts Australian and European Perspectives

This volume deals with challenges to the maintenance of minority (or community) languages in this era of globalization and increasing transnational movements of people. The contributors, experts in language policy, language maintenance and multilingualism offer complementary perspectives drawn from Australia and Europe on the maintenance of linguistic diversity.

ANNE PAUWELS is Professor of Linguistics and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Western Australia, Australia. She is Chair of the Steering Committee for an Australian national research project Innovative Approaches to Provision of Languages Other Than English in Australian Higher Education. She is the author of Boys and Foreign Language Learning, Women Changing Language, Cross Cultural Communication in the Health Sciences and co-author of Immigration and Australia's Language Resources.

JOANNE WINTER is Senior Research Fellow, Dean's Office, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Western Australia, Australia. Her research focuses on the interaction of discourse, identities and gender.

JOSEPH LO BIANCO is Professor of Language and Literacy Education at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of Australia's first language policy The National Policy on Languages [NPL] (1987). He publishes in multiculturalism, literacy education, language maintenance, planning