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Language StudiesLinguisticsMulticultural EducationComparative LinguisticsLanguage EducationSociolinguisticsEthnic MinoritiesEuropean LanguagesImmigrant EducationLinguistic DiversityMulticulturalismMultilingualismBilingualism In Immigration ContextsEducation In Minority LanguagesEthnic DialectsLanguage Diversity In EducationLanguage In EuropeLinguistic MinoritiesMinority Language Education PolicySociolinguistics Of Minority Languages
In this introductory chapter we will address the three perspectives referred to in the subtitle of this Volume: demographic, sociolinguistic and educational perspectives on the other languages of Europe, in terms of both regional and immigrant minority languages. Apart from these three perspectives, we will open this chapter with a discussion of the rationale of this Volume and the semantics of our field of interest. The chapter will be concluded with an outline of the contents of the Volume.