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The concluding chapter evaluates the changes brought about by globalisation and neo-liberalism and draws together the debates in the preceding chapters. It outlines how language planning and the dynamics of language group relations conform to new principles. The conclusion is that although English will probably continue to dominate in a transnational context this will not necessarily undermine the hegemonic processes and how they sustain state languages. The same degree of optimism does not hold for minority or regional languages.
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This is a notion evident in the way Beck (1992) and Giddens (1991) allude to reflexivity as that which overcomes the yoke of tradition, opening the door to creativity and progress (Beck 1992; Giddens 1991).
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Of course, it is the language subjects and not the language objects that compete.
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The notion of minority by reference to language has involved power rather than numbers.
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This is also true of the relationship between ELF and state languages other than English.
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Williams, G., Williams, G. (2016). Unity in Diversity. In: Language, Hegemony and the European Union. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33416-5_9
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