This title seeks to re-examine the relationship between language and national identity. It employs a comparative approach, looking at Sweden and France, countries chosen for their similarities (both are member states of the European Union) as well as their differences (France subscribes to a civic model of national identity, whereas the basis of Swedish identity is undeniably ethnic). It seeks to provide an understanding of the ethnolinguistic implications of some of the major challenges facing European countries today: regionalism, immigration, European integration and globalisation.
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