Bücher von Josep Soler

Many universities around the world are actively engaged in the process of the internationalization of their higher education systems, trying to become more competitive in all possible respects, especially in the areas of research and teaching. Language, naturally, plays a central role in this process, but this is not always explicitly recognized as such. As a result, key sociolinguistic challenges emerge for both individuals and groups of people. Most prominently, the question of whether English constitutes an opportunity or a threat to other national languages in academic domains is a controversial one and remains unresolved. The analysis featured in this book aims at addressing this question by looking at language policy developments in the context of Estonian higher education. Adopting a discourse approach, the book emphasises the centrality of language not only as a site of struggle, but as a tool and a resource that agents in a give field utilize to orient themselves in certain positions. The book will be of interest to language policy scholars, linguistic anthropologists, and critical sociolinguists. Education scholars interested in discourse studies will also find it useful.

Bienvenue dans Le langage de l'âme, l'art d'interpréter les signes de la vie et de s'y adapter! Le langage de notre âme se comprend au travers des symboles et des signes universels. Ce n'est pas le langage rationnel et articulé avec lequel nous communiquons normalement les uns avec les autres. Nous avons tous la capacité merveilleuse de recevoir les messages de notre âme, et le but de ce livre est d'éveiller cette capacité en nous. Ce livre vous montre comment, en tant qüartiste conscient, vous pouvez façonner votre vie et votre corps physique à la fois, comme le miroir de votre moi intérieur. Vous apprendrez les messages en décryptant tous les événements et avec le temps, vous pourrez vous y adapter instantanément, ce qui contribuera à améliorer votre équilibre physique et mentale.

Joining current debates within discursive and ethnographic approaches to language policy, the authors analyse the narrative emerging from university language policy documents, and then trace the stance-taking processes of different stakeholders at a small university in Catalonia.