The five first words. Multilingual cities in Switzerland and Belgium and the grammar of language choice in public space. KU Leuven
This project studies how unacquainted persons spontaneously engage in interaction in multilingual cities in Switzerland and Belgium. In consequence, it investigates language practices in present-day, urban environments. Officially multilingual cities, such as Fribourg (Switzerland) and Brussels (Belgium), have received extended attention with regard to how language policies are locally implemented. Little is known, however, about how people ...