Contents
From language continuum to linguistic mosaic : European language communities from the feudal period to the age of nationalism --Language planning in state nations and nation states --Nation building in the wake of colonialism : old concepts in new settings --Transcending the group : languages of contact and lingua francas --French : the rise and fall of a prestige lingua franca --English : from language of empire to language of globalisation --Language in a postnational era : hegemony or transcendence? --New discourse, new legal instruments, and new political context for minorities and their languages --The fragmentation of the old nation states and the rise of small nations --Endangered languages.
