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In a multilingual society, the role of each language is parallel to the importance of the community that speaks it; change in power relations between groups is linked to modifications in the status of their language. The Quebec language laws provide a case in point of the relation between social change and language planning. This comprehensive analysis of the Quebec language issue exposes the material and symbolic causes of these legislative measures and assesses their effects. This detailed appraisal also provides answers to more general questions of the nature of language laws and the conditions for their legitimacy.
| Acknowledgments | p. vi |
| Notes on the Contributors | p. vii |
| Introduction | p. ix |
| Language Policy and Planning Issues in Multicultural Societies | p. 1 |
| The History of Quebec in the Perspective of the French Language | p. 57 |
| Federal Language Policy in Canada and the Quebec Challenge | p. 87 |
| A Language Policy for a Language in Exile | p. 118 |
| Anglophones and Allophones in Quebec | p. 163 |
| A Final Note on Culture, Quebec Native Languages and the Quebec Question | p. 188 |
| Index | p. 199 |
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ISBN: 9780333968994
ISBN-10: 0333968999
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 216
Published: 19th March 2003
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions (cm): 22.2 x 14.1
x 1.7
Weight (kg): 0.386
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