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19. Multilingualism in Switzerland

Grünert, Matthias

In: Manual of Romance Sociolinguistics, 2018, p. 526-548

This chapter deals with the two Romance languages which are officially recognized as minority languages of Switzerland, Romansh and Italian, and with Francoprovençal and French dialects spoken marginally in the francophone area of Switzerland. Romansh, the language that has gained new recognition in the process leading to the quadrilingual Swiss Confederation, is considered in most detail. The...

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Administration fédérale et représentation des communautés linguistiques : Analyse des processus et stratégies de recrutement du personnel : Executive Summary = Bundesverwaltung und Vertretung der Sprachgemeinschaften: Analyse der Personalrekrutierungsprozesse und -strategien

Coray, Renata ; Kobelt, Emilienne ; Zwicky, Roman ; Duchêne, Alexandre ; Kübler, Daniel

In Switzerland’s political dialogue, an adequate representation of Swiss language communities in the Federal Administration is considered to be a vital expression of multilingualism in Switzerland. Diverse legal bases and directives have been created and issued in the interest of reaching this goal. Nonetheless, questions concerning implementation and effectiveness of these measures remain open...

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Bibliographie annuelle: recherche suisse sur le plurilinguisme 2015 = Jahresbibliographie Schweizer Mehrsprachigkeitsforschung 2015

Sommet, Moritz

(Bibliographie annuelle de la recherche suisse sur le plurilinguisme ; 5)

The Annual Bibliography of Swiss Research on Multilingualism contains a selection of scholarly publications in the disciplines of linguistics, sociology, pedagogy and other fields related to multilingualism. This issue contains bibliographic information on publications from the year 2015. Includes articles from journals, book chapters, monographs, anthologies and online documents by researchers...

Université de Fribourg

Bibliographie annuelle: recherche suisse sur le plurilinguisme 2016 = Jahresbibliographie Schweizer Mehrsprachigkeitsforschung 2016

Sommet, Moritz

(Bibliographie annuelle de la recherche suisse sur le plurilinguisme ; 6)

The Annual Bibliography of Swiss Research on Multilingualism contains a selection of scholarly publications in the disciplines of linguistics, sociology, pedagogy and other fields related to multilingualism. This issue contains bibliographic information on publications from the year 2016. Includes articles from journals, book chapters, monographs, anthologies and online documents by researchers...

Université de Fribourg

Bibliographie annuelle: recherche suisse sur le plurilinguisme 2017 = Jahresbibliographie Schweizer Mehrsprachigkeitsforschung 2017

Sommet, Moritz

(Bibliographie annuelle de la recherche suisse sur le plurilinguisme ; 7)

The Annual Bibliography of Swiss Research on Multilingualism contains a selection of scholarly publications in the disciplines of linguistics, sociology, pedagogy and other fields related to multilingualism. This issue contains bibliographic information on publications from the year 2017. Includes articles from journals, book chapters, monographs, anthologies and online documents by...

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Does the territoriality principle work in practice? : The principle’s applicability to the Romansh area in the Swiss Canton of Grisons

Grünert, Matthias

In: Methods in Contemporary Linguistics, 2012, p. 463-486

The present paper addresses the question of territoriality with reference to the Swiss minority language Romansh, taking account of the contributions of jurists who were dealing with the legal situation in Switzerland and showing the importance of the principle in the common perception of the national languages of Switzerland. Furthermore, insights from a philosopher, Philippe Van Parijs, who...

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Ilots de plurilinguisme en classe d’histoire : Notes de synthèse = Mehrsprachigkeitssequenzen im Geschichtsunterricht : Executive Summary

Lambelet, Amelia ; Mauron, Pierre-Yves

The goal of the project "Multilingual sequences in history lessons: processes to solve intercomprehension tasks and appropriate learner profiles" is twofold: First, the project will adjust worksheets designed in the context of materials development for improving intercomprehension at the secondary II level (reading texts in the source language in history lessons) for use in secondary school...

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Ilots de plurilinguisme en classe d'histoire : processus de résolution d’une tâche en intercompréhension et profils individuels favorables à ce type d’activité = Mehrsprachigkeitssequenzen im Geschichtsunterricht: Prozesse beim Lösen von Interkomprehensionsaufgaben und geeignete Profile von Lernenden

Lambelet, Amelia ; Mauron, Pierre-Yves

(Rapports du Centre scientifique de compétence sur le plurilinguisme)

Le but du projet « Ilots de plurilinguisme en classe d’histoire : processus de résolution d’une tâche en intercompréhension et profils individuels favorables à ce type d’activité » est double : (1) Il s’agit d’une part d’adapter pour le secondaire I l’idée de fiches pédagogiques développées en 2009 dans le cadre d’un projet de création de matériel pour une...