Abstract or Introduction
A typical native German is likely bound to grow up using her/his mother tongue which is inevitably about to frame her/his identity as a German as it probably is the case with a native U.S.-American having English as her/his mother tongue. So what about a common European identity? Can there possibly be one – and if so, how would it look like?
If language plays such an important role in forming one’s identity – which we will assume for now – how come there are people born in Europe who rather consider themselves European than (e.g.) German, French, Finnish or Slovakian, etc.? Furthermore, is there a so-called lingua franca existing in Europe – and what would it be? Also, would this lingua franca be necessary to further impel European integration, if not even help to unite the European countries and possibly create a European identity?
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- Gordon Wagner (Author), 2011, The Inevitable Lingua Franca, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/171584
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