Linguistic Conflict and Language Laws: Understanding the Quebec Question

Larrivee, Pierre (Editor)/ Larrive, Pierre

ISBN 10: 0333968999 / ISBN 13: 9780333968994

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2003

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204 pages. 8.50x5.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Linguistic Conflict and Language Laws: Understanding the Quebec Question
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333968999
• ISBN 13: 9780333968994
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.39 kilograms

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

MARC CHEVRIER Editor of the journal and encyclopaedia L'Agora C.MICHAEL MACMILLAN Professor of Political Studies, Mount Saint University, Halifax JEAN-PHILIPPE WARREN Assistant Professor of Sociology at Concordia University in Montreal COLIN H.WILLIAMS Research Professor in the Department of Welsh, Cardiff University.