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9780805828382

Language and Politics in the United States and Canada: Myths and Realities

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  • ISBN13:

    9780805828382

  • ISBN10:

    0805828389

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-05-01
  • Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface ix(4)
About the Authors xiii
1 Introduction: Respecting the Citizens--Reflections on Language Policy in Canada and the United States
1(32)
Colin H. Williams
Part I Overviews 33(80)
2 The Politics of Language in Canada and the United States: Explaining the Differences
37(34)
Ronald Schmidt, Sr.
3 Demographic Considerations in Canadian Language Policy
71(14)
Roderic Beaujot
4 National Language Policy in the United States
85(28)
Thomas Ricento
Part II Forgotten Tongues: Indigenous Languages in North America 113(54)
5 Life on the Edge: Canada's Aboriginal Languages Under Official Bilingualism
117(34)
Mark Fettes
6 Endangered Native American Languages: What Is to Be Done, and Why?
151(16)
James Crawford
Part III Legal Implications of Official Language Policies 167(40)
7 Legal Implications of the Official English Declaration
171(14)
Susan Miner
8 Language Rights Theory in Canadian Perspective
185(22)
Joseph Eliot Magnet
Part IV Educational Perspectives 207(62)
9 The Imposition of World War I Era English-Only Policies and the Fate of German in North America
211(32)
Terrence G. Wiley
10 ESL Policy in Canada and the United States: Basis for Comparison
243(26)
Barbara Burnaby
Part V Focus on Context 269(76)
11 French-Language Services in Ontario: A Policy of "Overly Prudent Gradualism"?
273(28)
Don Cartwright
12 Quebec, Canada, and the United States: Social Reality and Language Rights
301(16)
Calvin Veltman
13 Partitioning by Language: Whose Rights Are Threatened?
317(14)
Thomas Ricento
14 Conclusion: Myths and Realities
331(14)
Barbara Burnaby
Thomas Ricento
Author Index 345(6)
Subject Index 351

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