Innovationen und Reproduktionen in Kulturen und Gesellschaften (IRICS) Wien, 9. bis 11. Dezember 2005

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In Search of a Unique European Language?

Alina Ganea (“Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati)

ABSTRACT:

Since the 1991 Maastricht summit, the general tendency in Europe has been oriented towards creating an European Union and implementing unique institutions, legislation and currency. When referring to language, we have been witnessing a similar trend in developing “a standard language”, mainly based on common lexical units. Our paper aims at pointing to the uniformisation impact that the European integration process may have on other languages.