Minority language communities in the age of globalisation: Rethinking the organisation of human language diversity

Abstract

Presentat com a comunicació al European Science Foundation Exploratory Workshop, Bath, U.K., 2001

Having overcome traditional geopolitical barriers, we peoples of this planet now find ourselves in very fortuitous circumstances for trying to come together and organise cohabitation based on common values and the building of relationships that are equitable and constructive in all senses. In linguistic terms, this new situation calls into question the ideological preconceptions that have thus far sustained mankind¿s communication. New principles are explored for the organisation of a multilingual humanity in its different sociopolitical levels.