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Language, Politics, and Society : The New title: Languages Department : Festschrift in Honour of Professor D.E. Ager author: Ager, D. E. publisher: Multilingual Matters isbn10 | asin: 1853594873 print isbn13: 9781853594878 ebook isbn13: 9780585273129 language: English Sociolinguistics, Language and languages-- subject Study and teaching. publication date: 2000 lcc: P40.L298 2000eb ddc: 306.44 Sociolinguistics, Language and languages-- subject: Study and teaching. Page i Language, Politics and Society Page ii Multilingual Matters Analysing Political Speeches Christina Schäffner (ed.) Managing Language Diversity Sue Wright and Helen Kelly-Holmes (eds) Chtimi: The Urban Vernaculars of Northern France Timothy Pooley Community and Communication Sue Wright Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism Colin Baker and Sylvia Prys Jones Ethnicity in Eastern Europe: Questions of Migration, Language Rights and Education Sue Wright (ed.) European Television Discourse in Transition Helen Kelly-Holmes (ed.) Ethnicity in Eastern Europe: Questions of Migration, Language Rights and Education Sue Wright (ed.) European Television Discourse in Transition Helen Kelly-Holmes (ed.) 'Francophonie' in the 1990s: Problems and Opportunities Dennis Ager Identity, Insecurity and Image: France and Language Dennis Ager Language, Culture and Communication in Contemporary Europe Charlotte HoffMan (ed.) Language and Conflict: A Neglected Relationship Sue Wright (ed.) Language Policy and Language Issues in the Succesor States of the Former USSR Sue Wright (ed.) Mass Media in the Asian Pacific Bryce T. McIntyre (ed.) One Country, Two Systems, Three Languages: A Survey of Changing Language Use in Hong Kong Sue Wright and Helen Kelly-Holmes (eds) A Reader in French Sociolinguistics Malcolm Offord (ed.) Please contact us for the latest book information: Multilingual Matters, Frankfurt Lodge, Clevedon Hall, Victoria Road, Clevedon, BS21 7HH, England http://www.multilingual-matters.com Page iii Language, Politics and Society The New Languages Department Festschrift in Honour of Professor D.E. Ager Edited by Sue Wright, Linda Hantrais and Jolyon Howorth Page iv Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Language, Politics and Society: The New Languages Department: Festschrift in honour of Professor D.E. Ager Edited by Sue Wright, Linda Hantrais and Jolyon Howorth Includes bibliographical references and index 1. Sociolinguistics. 2. Language and languages-Study and teaching. I. Ager, D.E. II. Wright, Sue. III. Hantrais, Linda. IV. Howorth, Jolyon. P40.L298 2000 306.44-dc21 99-054925 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 1-85359-487-3 (hbk) Multilingual Matters Ltd UK: Frankfurt Lodge, Clevedon Hall, Victoria Road, Clevedon BS21 7HH. USA: UTP, 2250 Military Road, Tonawanda, NY 14150, USA. Canada: UTP, 5201 Dufferin Street, North York, Ontario M3H 5T8, Canada. Australia: P.O. Box 586, Artarmon, NSW, Australia. Copyright © 2000 Sue Wright, Linda Hantrais, Jolyon Howorth and the authors of individual articles. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. Typeset by Solidus Ltd, Bristol. Printed and bound in Great Britain by the Cromwell Press Ltd. Page v Dennis E. Ager Professor of Modern Languages Aston University, 19711999 Page vii Contents Introduction ix Sue Wright and Jolyon Howorth Acknowledgements xv Contributors xvii 1 1 Strange Encounters in the Fourth Dimension: Foreign Language Study As a Voyage of Exploration Michael Townson 2 16 Living There: Jewish Identity and Culture in Germany after the Holocaust Eva Kolinsky 3 26 The Fugitive, the Transport, the BBC and Mass Murder: A BBC Broadcast about Gassings in Auschwitz in June 1944 Mark Roseman 4 40 Business Élites in France: Reflections on the Continued Exercise of Power Mairi Maclean 5 56 'Le Retour Du Civil' in French Political Culture Gino Raymond 6 64 The City as Narrative: Representations of Paris in French Cinema (1930-1990s) Susan Hayward 7 72 The Front National in the 1990s: From Consolidation to Crisis James G. Shields 8 85 Franco-British Relations and the European Common Foreign and Security Policy: From Cooperation to Integration? Jolyon Howorth 9 100 Metaphors and Trains of Thought: Spotting Journey Imagery in British and German Political Discourse Andreas Musolff 10 110 From Contexts to Concepts: Comparing Social Policy Inputs and Outcomes in Europe Linda Hantrais

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The thirteen essays in this volume are dedicated to Professor Dennis Ager on his retirement. Their range is eloquent testimony to the catholicity and openness of Professor Ager's approach to what was originally called "Area Studies". They celebrate the diversity over which he presided as head of the
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