Abstract
Previous qualitative and quantitative studies (Liu, 2015) argue that promoting minority languages increases in FDI and GDP and societal public trust. However, quantitative comparisons of four Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, and Serbia) suggest the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML), is not reliably providing these benefits. Negative outcomes were found with segregation of linguistic groups. This was hypothesised to decrease public trust and harm economic growth (Liu, 2015)) by pitting linguistic groups against one another. This hypothesis was confirmed through a qualitative comparison of the Netherlands’ protection of Frisian and Papiamento, where delegation of protection to local authorities (segregating minorities from others and the dominant group) risked public trust decreases.
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Walther Glodstaf, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
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Conference: ECLL2022
Stream: Plurilingualism - Bilingualism
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Glodstaf W. (2022) How the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages Limits Itself From Harnessing Its Economic and Societal Benefits ISSN: 2188-112X The European Conference on Language Learning 2022: Official Conference Proceedings https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2188-112X.2022.12
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2188-112X.2022.12
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