1. Introduction<br> <br>PART I: COMMUNITY AND THE ROLE OF NATIONAL LANGUAGE <br>2. From Language Continuum to Linguistic Mosaic: European Language Communities from the Feudal Period to the Age of Nationalism<br>3. Language Planning in State Nations and Nation States <br>4. Nation Building in the Wake of Colonialism: Old Concepts in New Settings <br>PART II: TRANSCENDENCE AND LANGUAGE LEARNING <br>5. Transcending the Group: Languages of Contact and Lingua Francas <br>6. French: The Rise and Fall of a Prestige Lingua Franca <br>7. English: From Language of Empire to Language of Globalisation <br>8. Lingua Francas for the New Millennium<br>9. Globalisation and Rethinking the Concept of Language <br>PART III: RENAISSANCE AND REVITALISATION IN SMALL LANGUAGE COMMUNITIES <br>10. New Discourse, New Legal Instruments and a New Political Context for Minorities and their Languages<br>11 . New Polities and New Nation Building<br>12 . Endangered Languages <br>13. Conclusion: Community and Transcendence<br><br><br><br><br>