MULTILINGUALISM AND THE IDEAL OF UNITY IN DIVERSITY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION. KEY CONCEPTS AND CONTEXT
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https://doi.org/10.24193/subbeuropaea.2020.2.12Keywords:
linguistic diversity, ethnicity, nation, minority, majority, communication, unity in diversityAbstract
In a world challenged by cultural diversity, this article aims to look at the great diversity of languages and cultures that coexist within the European Union. Building on the story of the Tower of Babel that explains, from a religious point of view, the cultural and linguistic diversity existing in the European Union, the authors tried to contextualize EU’s motto of unity in diversity, interpreted as an ideal involving a lot of effort and sometimes even many conflicts, but one that we should all fight for and strive to maintain.
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