Disenfranchisement in Linguistically Diverse Societies: The Case of the European Union
Disenfranchisement in Linguistically Diverse Societies: The Case of the European Union
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语言多元化社会中的公民权被剥夺：欧盟的案例
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10.1162/1542476054430799
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2005
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Shlomo Weber
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V. Ginsburgh;Ignacio Ortuño Ortín;Shlomo Weber
我们考虑的是一个语言多样化的社会，它必须选择一套用于官方目的的语言。我们审查了当一种或多种语文未能被列入正式语文清单时产生的语言剥夺权利的概念，这意味着一些人被剥夺了以其母语完全接触文件和政治进程的权利。为了得出我们的剥夺公民权指数之一，我们使用了语言之间语言距离的Dyen百分比同源矩阵。然后，我们使用关于欧盟语言水平的调查和人口数据，计算剥夺权利指数，并确定取决于两个参数的最佳官方语言集合，即社会对被剥夺权利的敏感性和所采用语言制度的全面性。我们还讨论了欧洲联盟在2004年5月扩大后的语言情况。
We consider a linguistically diversified society that has to select a set of languages to be used for official purposes. We examine the notion of language disenfranchisement that is created when one or more languages fail to be included in the list of the official ones, implying that some individuals are denied full access to the documents and to the political process in their native tongues. To derive one of our disenfranchisement indices, we use the Dyen percentage cognate matrix of linguistic distances between languages. We then apply survey and population data on language proficiency in the European Union, calculate disenfranchisement indices and determine optimal sets of official languages that depend on two parameters, society's sensitivity against disenfranchisement and comprehensiveness of the language regime adopted. We also discuss the language situation in the European Union after its enlargement in May 2004.