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Since the rise of the nation-state in the nineteenth century, issues of bi/multilingualism have generally been debated within the context of nation-states and their institutions. This explains historical emphases on constitutional rights for linguistic minorities within specific nations, and on implementation of structures of regulation of bi/multilingualism in state-run institutions. In the last several decades, however, the nation-state has been displaced as the major site of discursive production on bi/multilingualism. In its place supranational organizations such as the United Nations (UN), and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) such as Linguapax, Terralingua and the Foundation for Endangered Languages are emerging as the primary sites at which debates on multilingualism are taking place.
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Muehlmann, S., Duchêne, A. (2007). Beyond the Nation-State: International Agencies as New Sites of Discourses on Bilingualism. In: Heller, M. (eds) Bilingualism: A Social Approach. Palgrave Advances in Linguistics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230596047_5
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