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Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
Editor and Book Reviews Editor: John Edwards (St Francis Xavier University, Canada)


Volume: 21  Number: 5  Page: 442–450

Prerequisites for a New European Language Policy
Peter Nelde

In light of the parlous state of many of the minority languages within the European Union, there are numerous policy imperatives and implications that need to be urgently addressed in relation to the further development of European language policy. This paper outlines briefly what these might involve by highlighting key principles, and discussing these principally from a contact linguistics perspective.

© Multilingual Matters 2000

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