Language in Newfoundland and Labrador: Past, Present and Future
Year:
1997
Author :
Volume and number:
, 19 (1-2)
Journal:
, Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée
Pages :
, 11-34
Abstract
La situation linguistique de la province de Terre-Neuve et du Labrador n'a pas attiré beaucoup d'attention dans le contexte langagier canadien. Dans un pays de plus de vingt-cinq millions d'habitants, officiellement bilingue en anglais et en français, la province ¬ dont la population n'est que d'un demi-million ¬ constitue en quelque sorte une anomalie socio-économique et linguistique. Le but de cet article est de fournir un survol de la situation linguistique de Terre-Neuve/Labrador, tant d'un point de vue diachronique que synchronique et d'illustrer comment les problèmes linguistiques auxquels fait face la province sont d'une grande importance pour le domaine de la linguistique, particulièrement celui de la sociolinguistique et celui du rôle des dialectes minoritaires en éducation.
The linguistic situation of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador has not attracted much attention within the Canadian linguistic context. In a country of over 25 million inhabitants, officially bilingual in English and French, the province - the total population of which is only half a million - constitutes something of a socioeconomic and linguistic anomaly. The aim of this article is to provide an overview of the linguistic situation in Newfoundland/Labrador, from both a historical and present-day perspective, and to illustrate some of the ways in which linguistic issues faced by the province are of importance to the broader linguistic sphere, particularly the areas of sociolinguistics and the role of minority dialects in education.
The linguistic situation of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador has not attracted much attention within the Canadian linguistic context. In a country of over 25 million inhabitants, officially bilingual in English and French, the province - the total population of which is only half a million - constitutes something of a socioeconomic and linguistic anomaly. The aim of this article is to provide an overview of the linguistic situation in Newfoundland/Labrador, from both a historical and present-day perspective, and to illustrate some of the ways in which linguistic issues faced by the province are of importance to the broader linguistic sphere, particularly the areas of sociolinguistics and the role of minority dialects in education.
Theme :
History and folkloreNewfoundland and Labrador
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