Language planning and policy in Quebec a comparative perspective with views from Wales and Singapore / Jakob Leimgruber.
| Author/creator | Leimgruber, Jakob R. E., 1980- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Tubingen : Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, [2019] |
| Description | 297 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Language in Performance ; 52 Language in performance ; 52. ^A292002 |
| Contents | Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- The relevance of Quebec for language planning and policy research -- French and English in Quebec -- Quebec French -- Quebec English -- Aims, methods, and structure of the study -- French and English in Canada and Quebec : historical background and language political context -- Historical context -- Canada : an officially bilingual country -- Bilingualism at the federal level -- English Canada : official monolingualism, French language provisions, allophone presence -- Aboriginal languages and their limited role in official settings -- Quebec : an officially monolingual province -- Bill 101 : the promotion of the French language -- The effects of the Charter of the French language -- The English language in Quebec : use, form, regulation -- New Brunswick : a bilingual province -- Conclusion -- Language planning and policy : theoretical background -- Theoretical approaches to language planning and policy -- Language planning and policy models -- Current trends in language planning and policy research -- English language policy in multilingual settings -- English as the world's lingua franca -- The role of English in multilingual polities -- Advocacy vs. pragmatism in English language policy -- Conclusion -- Data and methodology -- Data -- Questionnaire survey -- Linguistic landscape survey -- Ethnographic fieldwork -- Psycholinguistic experiments -- Methodology -- Research design -- Language planning and policy in Quebec : analysis -- Questionnaire survey -- Demolinguistics and linguistic repertoires -- Attitudinal responses -- Visual language in public space : Quebec's linguistic landscape -- Geographical distribution of language -- Languages, 'marked predominance', and linguistic creativity -- Audible language : linguistic soundscape -- Language use in service encounters -- Psycholinguistic processes -- Semi-matched signs -- Naturalistic signs -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Quebec's LPP in a comparative perspective -- The rationale for a comparative approach -- Wales -- Demolinguistics : English, Welsh, and other languages -- The promotion of Welsh -- Wales : inspiration for, from Quebec? -- Singapore -- Demolinguistics : four official languages, many other varieties -- LPP in Singapore : far-reaching governmental intervention for language promotion and demotion -- Singapore : Quebec's antithesis? -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Language policy in the era of globalisation -- New ways of analysing LPP -- References -- Appendix -- Linguistic landscape photos -- Questionnaire -- Public transit station names and their pronunciation -- Montreal métro -- Suburban railway. |
| Summary | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-275) |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Other forms | Also published electronically. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019436618 |
| ISBN | 9783823383154 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 3823383159 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ePDF) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |