THE ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION'S LANGUAGE POLICY IN THE CONSTRUCTION EUROPEAN IDENTITY

İngilizce (OpenAlex)

European identity is an identity of the European Union (EU) and it has been constructed again and again since it was introduced.It is a socially constructed identity, which is not defined, not fixed, not finished but dynamic.The language policy of the EU also has an effect in this construction process, as the EU is a multilingual Union, which has 24 official languages.This policy has been developed for many years just like the European identity.The purpose of this research is to examine the role of EU's language policy in constructing the European identity.Both the European identity and the EU's language policy serve social cohesion and integration.They are in relation with one another, and the language policy has an effect on the construction of European identity as it is socially constructed through the interactions of individuals as agents equipped with language resources and with the developments sustained by the EU institutions.