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Multilingualism in Eu Institutions

Between Policy Making and Implementation

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Multilingualism and Multimodality

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In this chapter, I elaborate some aspects of recent interdisciplinary research on multilingualism in European Union [EU] Institutions while focussing primarily on Members of the European Parliaments’ [MEPs] language ideologies and multilingual practices in European Commission committees [CEC] by integrating discourse analytical and sociolinguistic theories and methodologies. I draw on the vast amount of research and data from the DYLAN project in which I was involved in multiple functions and roles from 2006–2011.

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    Ruth Wodak

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Wodak, R. (2013). Multilingualism in Eu Institutions. In: Saint-Georges, I.d., Weber, JJ. (eds) Multilingualism and Multimodality. The Future of Education Research. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-266-2_5

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