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- Title
Into the Jungle: Migration and Grammar in the New Europe.
- Authors
Thomas, Dominic
- Abstract
Fortress Europe, as the European Union has come to be known in official Euro-speak with reference to the multi-country juridical border control mechanisms deployed under its aegis, and fortress Europe as it is constructed and perceived in the minds of global migrants attempting to enter the geographic zone it now contains provides a compelling framework for socio-cultural and socio-political inquiry into the multidimensionality of linguistic practices associated with this space. This essay will explore several factors: the linguistic challenges faced by migrants entering and then assuming residency in the EU and the impact of the European Union Pact on Migration and Asylum and the Union for the Mediterranean project. I analyze the new grammars of migration constructed from various concepts: detention zones, detainees, refugee camps, forced repatriation, filtering systems, undocumented, illegals and expulsion. The objective is to establish a conjunction between language and the evidentiary mode it seeks to communicate.
- Subjects
EMIGRATION &; immigration; COMPARATIVE grammar; MULTILINGUALISM; LANGUAGE policy; EUROPEAN Union; LINGUISTICS
- Publication
European Studies: An Interdisciplinary Series in European Culture, History & Politics, 2011, Vol 29, Issue 1, p267
- ISSN
1568-1858
- Publication type
Article