New posts VWE

New: Call for papers for 2^ndLINEE Conference: Multilingualism in the public sphere, 4 - 6 May 2012 in Dubrovnik
Invited speakers (confirmed): Monica Heller (University of Toronto) and Aneta Pavlenko (Temple University)

Announcement of Training Institute 2011 in Prague

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bern (Feb 2011)

Research Brief & Final Meeting

TI Papers & Program

Feasibility study Future of LINEE

Feasibility study maintenance VWE and website

Review Report

New call for relocations from January 2010

Updated JPA & Activity report

Area Reports / Position Papers

Publications / Conference talks

RTW Szeged Nov09, presentations

Research Papers of all WPs (Oct 2009)

Training Institute: papers, presentations and more

European Research Project Investigates Linguistic Diversity

LINEE was co-funded by the 6^th Framework Programme of the European Commission (contract 28388) and was coordinated by the University of Bern. The project started in 2006 and funding of the European Commission ended by November 2010.

LINEE (Languages in a Network of European Excellence) involved 9 European universities and around 80 researchers. It addressed linguistic diversity in Europe, namely in four thematic areas

Language, Identity and Culture
Language Policy and Planning
Multilingualism and Education
Language and Economy

LINEE aimed to: produce coherent, innovative research results by an interdisciplinary approach, integrate knowledge of partner universities, establish a durable, innovative scientific network, reassess traditional research, and raise the visibility of linguistic diversity in Europe as a key issue in European integration.

More information

Final report summarizing the major findings
Results and presentation of research projects
Project presentation flyer (pdf)
Newsletters with research results
LINEE news (incl. LINEE in the media)
Contact on the behalf of the Network Prof. Dr Iwar Werlen.

Research Brief for Stakeholders

On 23 September 2010, LINEE presented its policy-relevant research results to interested stakeholders in Brussels. Members of the European Commission, representatives of both governmental and non-governmental organizations and researchers attended.

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Results

2010
Final summary report presenting a synthesis of the major project findings.
2006–2008	2008–2009
Research Reports per Thematic Area	Research Reports per Thematic Area
Language, Identity and Culture	Language, Identity and Culture
Language Policy and Planning	Language Policy and Planning
Multilingualism and Education	Multilingualism and Education
Language and Economy	Language and Economy
Research Reports per level of analysis	Research Reports per level of analysis
Position Paper European Level	Position Paper European Level
Position Paper National Level	Position Paper National Level
Position Paper Regional/Local Level	Position Paper Regional/Local Level
Position Paper on theoretical and methodological issues	Position Paper on theoretical and methodological issues

Publications

A more complete list of publications can be found in the bibliography section of the LINEE final report (page 55-62)

Special issue of the European Journal of Language Policy (Vol 2:2), 2010 with several contributions by and from LINEE.

Sloboda, Marián , Szabó-Gilinger, Eszter , Vigers, Dick and Šimičić, Lucija (2010) 'Carrying out a language policy change: advocacy coalitions and the management of linguistic landscape', Current Issues in Language Planning, 11: 2, 95 — 113

Nekvapil, Jiří and Sherman, Tamah (2009) 'Pre-interaction management in multinational companies in Central Europe', Current Issues in Language Planning, 10: 2, 181 — 198

Hülmbauer, Cornelia, Böhringer, Heike & Vetter, Eva (eds.) 2010: Mehrsprachigkeit aus der Sicht zweier EU-Projekte. DYLAN meets LINEE. In: Reihe Sprache im Kontext, Band 34. Frankfurt: Peter Lang.

Report on the Training Institute 2010 (by Sara Merlino) with summaries of the talks. Will also appear in the journal Studie z aplikovane lingvistiky/Studies in Applied Linguistics (SALi).

Report on the Training Institute 2009 in Prague; written by Oliver Engelhardt and Tamah Sherman; with summaries of talks of renowned experts; appeared in the journal Slovo a slovesnost No. 2/2010

First joint publication (November 2007): Contact Linguistics and Language Minorities (Plurilingua XXX, ISBN: 978-3-537-86432-1). The volume can be ordered via the Task Force Media and Infrastucture. An extensive review was published in the Czech journal Slovo a slovesnost 69, 2008, pp. 293-299.

Strong European Emotions European Citizenship and Visual Pleasure
Paper presented by Senka Božić at the Joint Conference "Ownership and Approbation" of the ASA, ASAANZ and AAS, Plenary Session "Senses and Citizenship: Contestations over National and Global Identities, Resources and Forms of Belonging"; University of Auckland, New Zealand, 8-12 December 2008

Sociolingvistický projekt 6. rámcového programu Evropské komise
(jak funguje a jaké jsou zkušenosti s tzv. network of excellence)

Extensive overview of the LINEE project, focusing particularly on the work conducted by the Prague team, published in the Czech Linguistic Newsletter (Jazykovedne aktuality XLV, 2008, Issue 3&4, pp.111-131)