Language and Globalization

By: J. Warren, L. Oakes

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Hardcover | 1 March 2007 | Edition Number 1

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Awarded the 2008 Pierre Savard prize by the International Council for Canadian Studies! 'The Pierre Savard Awards are designed to recognize and promote each year outstanding scholarly monographs on a Canadian topic. The awards form part of a strategy that is aimed at promoting, especially throughout the Canadian academic community, works that have been written by members of the Canadian Studies international network. The awards are intended to designate exceptional books, which, being based on a Canadian topic, contribute to a better understanding of Canada.' Globalization is calling for new conceptualizations of belonging within culturally diverse communities. This book takes Quebec as a case study and examines how it fosters a sense of belonging through a common citizenship with French as the key element. As a nation without a state, Quebec is driven by two distinct imperatives: the need to affirm a robust Francophone identity within Anglophone North America, and the civic obligation to accommodate an increasingly diverse range of migrant groups, as well as demands for recognition by Aboriginal and Anglophone minorities.

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Winner of the 2008 Pierre Savard Award from the International Council for Canadian Studies.

'An outstanding case-study for all those interested in problems of language and majority and minority identity in the era of globalisation' - Rachel Killick in Journal of French Language Studies

'The book has many strengths, including the clarity of its structure and presentation, the cognency of its argumentation, the relevance of its analyses to the ongoing development of language planning as a discipline and, most important, its significant contribution to the understanding of the complex sociolinguistic reality of contemporary Quebec.' - Maeve Conrick in Language in Society

'...a concise yet clear overview not only of the Quebec situation as a particular case, but also of the general theoretical concepts of identity and citizenship that play a key role in the Quebec nation-building process. ...excellent analysis of the young Quebec Nation and the challenges it faces, bound to become indispensable to many a student, scholar or non-expert interested in the Quebec case...' - The Linguist List

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List of Tables and Figures
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
New Challenges
From French Canadian to Quebecer
Redefining the Quebec Nation
Quebec in a Globalising World
A Common Language
French: A Language for All Quebecers
Whose French?
Language Attitudes, Linguistic Insecurity and Standardisation
Diverse Experiences
Language, Immigration and Belonging in Quebec
Transformations of Anglophone Quebec
Linguistic Rights for Aboriginal Nations
Conclusion
Notes
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
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