The aims of this paper is to provide an information base that at the service of scholars, language planners, and other users as part of broader, yet systematic assessments of the extent of EU support for small languages. This paper provides a general overview of EU interventions in favour of...

PART I develops an analytical framework where language policy is viewed as a form of public policy. The framework is based on the economic approach to language and language planning, with a strong inter-disciplinary orientation. PART II reviews policy experience. Four revitalisation policies are...

PART I develops an analytical framework where language policy is viewed as a form of public policy. The framework is based on the economic approach to language and language planning, with a strong inter-disciplinary orientation. PART II reviews policy experience. Four revitalisation policies are...

This paper examines the relevance of thresholds in the context of language shift and the conditions needed for a minority language to survive in the long run. After introducing a few basic concepts, it develops a static and dynamic time-allocation model of language use and vitality. Thresholds...