Language use in business and commerce in Europe

contributions to the annual conference 2008 of EFNIL in Lisbon

• Author(s): European Federation of National Institutions for Language. Conference, Gerhard Stickel,
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Pages: 201
• ISBN_10: 3631588038
  ISBN_13: 9783631588031
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / General , Business & Economics / Business Communication / General , Business & Economics / Business Writing , Business & Economics / Education , Language Arts & Disciplines / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics , Law / Commercial / General , Literary Criticism / General , Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh , Social Science / Customs & Traditions , Social Science / Sociology / General ,

Description:... The linguistic domains of business and commerce are especially affected by the economic and communicative globalization. Since language use in these domains has an impact on the use of a language in other domains, the future development of the European languages will not mainly depend on language-internal processes, but will increasingly be influenced by the use of English as the international vehicular language. The present development in Europe is discussed in several overview articles and a series of reports on the specific situation in various European countries. In addition, the Lisbon Resolution of EFNIL, pointing at the advantages of multilingualism in international business, is presented in 26 languages including the 23 official languages of the European Union. It calls the EU and its members to acknowledge languages as key factors for economic success, also from the perspective of consumers and workers.