Bilinguals Only Need Apply? : luttes et tensions dans un lieu de travail bilingue en Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick
Year:
2009
Author :
Volume and number:
, 27
Journal:
, Francophonies d'Amérique
Pages :
, 77-103
Abstract
Cet article porte sur les pratiques langagières et le bilinguisme dans la fonction publique fédérale du Canada, et présente les résultats partiels d’une étude ethno-sociolinguistique menée dans un milieu de travail bilingue situé à Moncton, au Nouveau-Brunswick. Il sera plus précisément question des luttes et des tensions qui s’articulent autour du bilinguisme à la lumière des transformations sociales et économiques qu’ont connues les minorités linguistiques francophones du Canada depuis une quarantaine d’années.
This paper examines language practices and bilingualism in the Canadian Public Service, and presents the partial results of an ethno-sociolinguistic research study conducted in a bilingual workplace in Moncton, New Brunswick. In particular, it focuses on the struggles and tensions to which bilingualism gives rise, especially in light of the social and economic transformations experienced by francophone minorities have over the last forty years.
This paper examines language practices and bilingualism in the Canadian Public Service, and presents the partial results of an ethno-sociolinguistic research study conducted in a bilingual workplace in Moncton, New Brunswick. In particular, it focuses on the struggles and tensions to which bilingualism gives rise, especially in light of the social and economic transformations experienced by francophone minorities have over the last forty years.
Theme :
AcadiaBilingualismNew BrunswickLabour
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