{"product_id":"living-with-languages-the-contemporary-swiss-model-9783039100194","title":"Living with Languages: The Contemporary Swiss Model","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Malcolm Pender | Joy Charnley | Joy Charnley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Alphabets \u0026amp; Writing Systems\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2002, \u003ci\u003eExpo. 02\u003c\/i\u003e - the Swiss National Exhibition - celebrated the modern identity of the Swiss Confederation and the electorate approved a historic change in relations with other countries by voting to join the United Nations. Yet, despite bilateral agreements regulating areas of common interest between Switzerland and the European Union, there are still strong fears that Swiss identity could be jeopardised by full membership, and that, within a wider framework, her quadrilingual composition could not be sustained.\u003cbr\u003e The experience which the Swiss have accumulated in dealing pragmatically and largely peacefully with different languages is detailed in the six essays of this volume. The special contemporary characteristics of German, French and Italian within Switzerland, the pressures on Romansh, the role played by Switzerland in integrating gender-neutral language into standard usage and the dominance of English as a means of communication between different language groups are amongst the topics discussed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47589642240151,"sku":"9783039100194","price":4961.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783039100194.webp?v=1774969384","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/living-with-languages-the-contemporary-swiss-model-9783039100194","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}