Heated Language in a Cold Climate
Année :
1999
Auteur(s) et collaborateur(s) :
Directeur(s) :
, dans J. Blommaert (dir.)
Titre du livre (chapitre) :
, Language Ideological Debates
Maison d'édition :
, Mouton de Gruyter
Pages :
, 143-170
Résumé
The linkage of Canadian language ideologies with ideologies of nation & state & with sociolinguistic practice is examined with focus on three interlocking processes in evidence during the period since the 1960s: Quebecois political mobilization; the effort of the federal government to maintain legitimacy; & the varied role of academics, particularly linguists & sociolinguists, in the first two processes. A review of the rise of Quebecois nationalism traces the history of institutional separation, linguistic purism, & church-centered national identity prior to WWII & attributes the "Quiet Revolution" that began in the 1950s to self-reinvention by the French Canadian lay elite. The Quebec language charter of 1977 is analyzed in light of the complex situation of Francophones outside Quebec - who by the logic of Quebecois nationalism contradict their own existence by supporting Quebec - & the federal government's attempt to foster a new image of Canada as a bilingual, pluralistic nation. The importance of linguistics as a cultural & political tool is stressed in connection with a tendency to treat language as a unified given.
Thème :
Francophones hors QuébecMinorités linguistiques
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