ISBN:
0805828389
,
0805828397
,
9781410603890
,
9780805828382
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xv, 357 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Language and Politics in the United States and Canada : Myths and Realities
DDC:
306.44973
Keywords:
Language policy
;
Language policy
Abstract:
This volume critically analyzes and explains the goals, processes, and effects of language policies in the United States and Canada from historical and contemporary perspectives. The focus of this book is to explore parallel and divergent developments in
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; About the Authors; 1 Introduction: Respecting the Citizens-Reflections on Language Policy in Canada and the United States; I Overviews; 2 The Politics of Language in Canada and the United States: Explaining the Differences; 3 Demographic Considerations in Canadian Language Policy; 4 National Language Policy in the United States; II Forgotten Tongues: Indigenous Languages in North America; 5 Life on the Edge: Canada's Aboriginal Languages Under Official Bilingualism; 6 Endangered Native American Languages: What Is to Be Done, and Why?
Description / Table of Contents:
III Legal Implications of Official Language Policies7 Legal Implications of the Official English Declaration; 8 Language Rights Theory in Canadian Perspective; IV Educational Perspectives; 9 The Imposition of World War I Era English-Only Policies and the Fate of German in North America; 10 ESL Policy in Canada and the United States: Basis for Comparison; V Focus on Context; 11 French-Language Services in Ontario: A Policy of "Overly Prudent Gradualism"?; 12 Quebec, Canada, and the United States: Social Reality and Language Rights; 13 Partitioning by Language: Whose Rights Are Threatened?
Description / Table of Contents:
14 Conclusion: Myths and RealitiesAuthor Index; Subject Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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