multilingual workplace; language ecology; language policy; intercultural dialogue
Abstract :
[en] In this contribution, I will present examples of common practice to overcome barriers, bridge boundaries and deconstruct borders at the workplace; these are centripetal or democratizing forces as they try to reduce the distance between people of different origins by creating inclusive spaces. My contribution to a comparative perspective comes from the field of ecolinguistics, a rather new discipline which tries to combine various interdisciplinary approaches in the field of
communication, especially in complex environments, with a high diversity of linguistic systems
Disciplines :
Languages & linguistics
Author, co-author :
EHRHART, Sabine ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Education, Culture, Cognition and Society (ECCS)
External co-authors :
no
Language :
English
Title :
Language ecology as a centripetal force for the multilingual workplace
Publication date :
2017
Event name :
Colloque VALS-ASLA
Event organizer :
Université de Genève
Event place :
Genève, Switzerland
Event date :
from 20-01-2016 to 22-01-2016
Audience :
International
Journal title :
Bulletin Suisse de Linguistique Appliquée
ISSN :
1023-2044
Publisher :
Institut de linguistique de l'Université de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
