Abstract
LINEE is a scientific network of 11 European universities that investigated linguistic diversity in Europe. The LINEE network was co-funded under the 6th Framework Programme as a “Network of Excellence” from November 2006 to October 2010.
LINEE addressed four thematic areas: “Language, Identity and Culture”, “Language Policy and Planning”, “Multilingualism and Education” and “Language and Economy”. Each of these topics was investigated on a European, national and regional level.
Multilingualism research in Europe is rather fragmented: different researchers investigate different aspects of multilingualism in different regions with different methods and different concepts in mind. This makes it difficult to see how multilingualism “works” in Europe as a whole, and this is where LINEE came in: it aimed at bringing together the knowledge of its partners, integrate their methods and theories and thereby reaching a more comprehensive view on multilingualism in Europe