<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The eight-year span in the life of our journal is the time ripe for the in-depth analysis of its development, the results that have been achieved and the prospects that could be projected for the future. Such analysis appears to be even more meaningful in view of the journal’s recent acceptance to <italic>Scopus</italic> database which opens the way to broader promotion of its scholarship in the matters of multilingualism, plurilingualism, linguistic human rights, language needs, cultural identities and other disputes. Thus, the <italic>Editorial</italic> of the 16<sup>th</sup> issue sets out to decipher the double code of ‘sustainable multilingualism’ encrypted in the tile of the journal and the concept itself: from maintaining cultural identities to the global <italic>lingua franca,</italic> threatening minority languages, from the first steps of the concept in a conference paper of 2004 to the multifaceted approaches elaborated through the topics, research constructs and research interests in the articles published over different epochs of the journal. The <italic>Editorial</italic> is rounded up by recommendations that will enhance and ensure the further growth of <italic>Sustainable Multilingualism</italic>.</p></abstract>

The eight-year span in the life of our journal is the time ripe for the in-depth analysis of its development, the results that have been achieved and the prospects that could be projected for the future. Such analysis appears to be even more meaningful in view of the journal’s recent acceptance to Scopus database which opens the way to broader promotion of its scholarship in the matters of multilingualism, plurilingualism, linguistic human rights, language needs, cultural identities and other disputes. Thus, the Editorial of the 16th issue sets out to decipher the double code of ‘sustainable multilingualism’ encrypted in the tile of the journal and the concept itself: from maintaining cultural identities to the global lingua franca, threatening minority languages, from the first steps of the concept in a conference paper of 2004 to the multifaceted approaches elaborated through the topics, research constructs and research interests in the articles published over different epochs of the journal. The Editorial is rounded up by recommendations that will enhance and ensure the further growth of Sustainable Multilingualism.

Editorial: Deciphering the Double Code of <italic>Sustainable Multilingualism</italic>

Sustainable Multilingualism

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The eight-year span in the life of our journal is the time ripe for the in-depth analysis of its development, the results that have been achieved and the...

Editorial: Deciphering the Double Code of Sustainable Multilingualism

Published Online: May 29, 2020

Page range: i - x

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sm-2020-0021

Keywords
sustainable multilingualism, plurilingualism, multilingual environment, pluri-cultural, socio-cultural

© 2020 Béatrice Boufoy-Bastick, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Editorial: Deciphering the Double Code of Sustainable Multilingualism

Published Online: May 29, 2020

Page range: i - x

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sm-2020-0021

Keywordssustainable multilingualism, plurilingualism, multilingual environment, pluri-cultural, socio-cultural

© 2020 Béatrice Boufoy-Bastick, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
sustainable multilingualism, plurilingualism, multilingual environment, pluri-cultural, socio-cultural