Language planning and policy in Quebec

Language planning and policy in Quebec
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Publisher : Narr Francke Attempto Verlag
Total Pages : 301
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ISBN-10 : 9783823393153
ISBN-13 : 3823393154
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis Language planning and policy in Quebec by : Jakob Leimgruber

This book presents an in-depth study of the language policies present in the Canadian province of Quebec, and considers them from a comparative perspective, with special focus on Singapore and Wales. In so doing, it uses a mix of methods to look at the effects of language planning on language use: questionnaires, linguistic landscapes (visible language in public space), ethnography, and psycholinguistic experiments. Besides offering background information on Canada and Quebec, the comparative element uses data from Singapore and Wales to shine a new light on how language is managed in Quebec.

Conflict and Language Planning in Quebec

Conflict and Language Planning in Quebec
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Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 0905028252
ISBN-13 : 9780905028255
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Conflict and Language Planning in Quebec by : Richard Y. Bourhis

This book presents a coherent picture of Quebec's efforts to make French the only official language of Quebec society. This book provides many answers as to why Bill 101 was implemented by the Quebec Government but it raises numerous questions when it comes time to evaluate the impact of the Charter on different sectors of Quebec society.

The Handbook of Linguistics

The Handbook of Linguistics
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 727
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ISBN-10 : 9781119302070
ISBN-13 : 1119302072
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis The Handbook of Linguistics by : Mark Aronoff

"The first edition of this Handbook is built on surveys by well-known figures from around the world and around the intellectual world, reflecting several different theoretical predilections, balancing coverage of enduring questions and important recent work. Those strengths are now enhanced by adding new chapters and thoroughly revising almost all other chapters, partly to reflect ways in which the field has changed in the intervening twenty years, in some places radically. The result is a magnificent volume that can be used for many purposes." David W. Lightfoot, Georgetown University "The Handbook of Linguistics, Second Edition is a stupendous achievement. Aronoff and Rees-Miller have provided overviews of 29 subfields of linguistics, each written by one of the leading researchers in that subfield and each impressively crafted in both style and content. I know of no finer resource for anyone who would wish to be better informed on recent developments in linguistics." Frederick J. Newmeyer, University of Washington, University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University "Linguists, their students, colleagues, family, and friends: anyone interested in the latest findings from a wide array of linguistic subfields will welcome this second updated and expanded edition of The Handbook of Linguistics. Leading scholars provide highly accessible yet substantive introductions to their fields: it's an even more valuable resource than its predecessor." Sally McConnell-Ginet, Cornell University "No handbook or text offers a more comprehensive, contemporary overview of the field of linguistics in the twenty-first century. New and thoroughly updated chapters by prominent scholars on each topic and subfield make this a unique, landmark publication."Walt Wolfram, North Carolina State University This second edition of The Handbook of Linguistics provides an updated and timely overview of the field of linguistics. The editor's broad definition of the field ensures that the book may be read by those seeking a comprehensive introduction to the subject, but with little or no prior knowledge of the area. Building on the popular first edition, The Handbook of Linguistics, Second Edition features new and revised content reflecting advances within the discipline. New chapters expand the already broad coverage of the Handbook to address and take account of key changes within the field in the intervening years. It explores: psycholinguistics, linguistic anthropology and ethnolinguistics, sociolinguistic theory, language variation and second language pedagogy. With contributions from a global team of leading linguists, this comprehensive and accessible volume is the ideal resource for those engaged in study and work within the dynamic field of linguistics.

Progress in Language Planning

Progress in Language Planning
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages : 392
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ISBN-10 : 9783110820584
ISBN-13 : 3110820587
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis Progress in Language Planning by : Juan Cobarrubias

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language.

Language Planning and Policy in Europe

Language Planning and Policy in Europe
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Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Total Pages : 360
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ISBN-10 : 9781847690289
ISBN-13 : 1847690289
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis Language Planning and Policy in Europe by : Robert B. Kaplan

This volume covers the language situation in the Baltic States, Ireland and Italy explaining the linguistic diversity, the historical and political contexts and the current language situation - including language-in-education planning, the role of the media, the role of religion, and the roles of non-indigenous languages.

Language Planning and Policy

Language Planning and Policy
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Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Total Pages : 282
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ISBN-10 : 9781853599774
ISBN-13 : 1853599778
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis Language Planning and Policy by : Anthony Liddicoat

While literacy has always been central to language planning work, there are fewer studies which focus primarily on literacy as a language planning activity. This volume investigates the complex issues and social and political pressures relating to literacy in a variety of language planning contexts around the world.

Studies in French Applied Linguistics

Studies in French Applied Linguistics
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 415
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ISBN-10 : 9789027219824
ISBN-13 : 9027219826
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Studies in French Applied Linguistics by : Dalila Ayoun

Studies in French Applied Linguistics invites the reader to adopt a broad perspective on applied linguistics, illustrating the fascinating multifaceted work researchers are conducted in so many various, inter-connected subfields. The five chapters of the first part are dedicated to the first and second language acquisition of French in various settings: First language acquisition by normal children from a generative perspective and by children with Specific Language Impairment; second language acquisition in Canadian immersion settings, from a neurolinguistic approach to phonology and natural language processing and CALL. The six chapters of the second part explore the contribution of French in various subfields of applied linguistics such as an anthropological approach to literacy issues in Guadeloupean Kréyòl, literacy issues in new technologies, phonological and lexical innovations in the banlieues, French in North Africa, language planning and policy in Quebec, as well as the emerging field of forensic linguistics from an historical perspective.

Canadian Language Policies in Comparative Perspective

Canadian Language Policies in Comparative Perspective
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Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages : 536
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ISBN-10 : 9780773590809
ISBN-13 : 0773590803
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Canadian Language Policies in Comparative Perspective by : Michael A. Morris

Capturing the dynamism of Canadian language policies, the essays in this volume analyze and compare the effects, histories, and features of language policies as they have been enacted and implemented by Canadian provincial and federal governments. The contributors' comparisons reveal significant domestic and international implications for language policy. An important study of a social and political issue that has immediate local, national, and international consequences, Canadian Language Policies in Comparative Perspective assembles knowledgeable authorities on language policy to provide a comprehensive synthesis of its consequences.

Normative Language Policy

Normative Language Policy
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 203
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ISBN-10 : 9781107143166
ISBN-13 : 1107143160
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Normative Language Policy by : Leigh Oakes

This book proposes an integrated framework for investigating the ethics of language policy in liberal democracies in a global era.

Language and Politics in the United States and Canada

Language and Politics in the United States and Canada
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 374
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ISBN-10 : 9781135681050
ISBN-13 : 1135681058
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Language and Politics in the United States and Canada by : Thomas K. Ricento

Explores parallel and divergent developments in language policy and language rights in the U.S. and Canada, especially the past 4 decades, as a basis for reflection on what can be learned from one country's experience by the other.