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Language and politics in the United States and Canada : myths and realities

Author: Thomas Ricento; Barbara Burnaby
Publisher: Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum, 1998.
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Analyzes and explains the goals, processes, and effects of language policies in the US and Canada from historical and contemporary perspectives. This book explores parallel and divergent developments  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Thomas Ricento; Barbara Burnaby
ISBN: 0805828389 9780805828382 0805828397 9780805828399
OCLC Number: 37742265
Description: xv, 357 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction : respecting the citizens : reflections on language policy in Canada and the United States / Colin H. Williams --
The politics of language in Canada and the United States : explaining the differences / Ronald Schmidt, Sr. --
Demographic considerations in Canadian language policy / Roderic Beaujot --
National language policy in the United States / Thomas Ricento --
Life on the edge : Canada's aboriginal languages under official bilingualism / Mark Fettes --
Endangered native American languages : what is to be done, and why? / James Crawford --
Legal implications of the official English declaration / Susan Miner --
Language rights theory in Canadian perspective / Joseph Eliot Magnet --
The imposition of World War I era English-only policies and the fate of German in North America / Terrence G. Wiley --
ESL policy in Canada and the United States : basis for comparison / Barbara Burnaby --
French-language services in Ontario : a policy of "overly prudent gradualism"? / Don Cartwright --
Quebec, Canada, and the United States : social reality and language rights / Calvin Veltman --
Partitioning by language : whose rights are threatened? / Thomas Ricento --
Conclusion : myths and realities / Barbara Burnaby and Thomas Ricento.
Responsibility: edited by Thomas Ricento, Barbara Burnaby.
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