Conflict and language planning in Quebec
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Conflict and language planning in Quebec
（Multilingual matters / series editor, Derrick Sharp, 5）
Multilingual Matters, c1984
- pbk.
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Includes bibliographies and index
Contents of Works
- Introduction, language policies in multilingual settings / Richard Y. Bourhis
- Language planning in Quebec / Alison d'Anglejan
- Status language planning in Quebec / Pierre E. Laporte
- Francization and terminology change in Quebec business firms / Denise Daoust
- The response of business firms to the Francization process / Roger Miller
- Social class and language policies in Quebec / William Coleman
- Language planning and intergroup relations / Don M. Taylor and Lise Dubé-Simard
- The Charter of the French language and cross-cultural communication in Montreal / Richard Y. Bourhis
- Anglo-Quebec / Gary Caldwell
- Minority language education in Quebec and Anglophone Canada / John Mallea
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The aim of this multidisciplinary book is to present a coherent picture of Quebec's efforts to make French the only official language of Quebec society through the adoption in 1977 of the Charter of the French Language. Also known as Bill 101, the Charter has been well received in francophone Quebec but is still viewed as quite a controversial measure in the anglophone communities of Quebec and Canada. This book provides many answers as to why Bill 101 was implemented by the Quebec Government but it raises numerous questions when it comes time to evaluate the impact of the Charter on different sectors of Quebec society. For instance has Bill 101 achieved its goal of establishing the use of French in Quebec and if so at what cost? Has the Office de la langue francaise, the government body in charge of implementing Bill 101, succeeded in its task of enforcing the Francization of Quebec business firms? Whose interests has the passage of Bill 101 really served in Quebec society and does the Charter promote the cause of Quebec Independence? What have been the effects of Bill 101 on French/English relations in the Province and what strategic options are open to Quebec anglophones faced as they are with a drop from majority to minority status? Finally, how do the education provisions of Bill 101 dealing with Quebec anglophone minorities compare with those found for francophone minorities across Anglo-Canada? Each chapter of this edited book deals with one or more of these questions. As a case study of language planning in a modern society, the issues raised in this volume should be of concern not only to Quebec and Canadian readers but also to all those involved in fields such as political science, sociology, public policy, education, sociolinguistics, language planning and social psychology. If this volume helps readers better appreciate the issues raised by language planning efforts such as Bill 101 in Quebec, then it will have achieved its purpose. Above all, this volume shows that as with other aspects of human activity language too can be planned.
Table of Contents
Preface
William F. Mackey: Foreword
1. Richard Y. Bourhis: Introduction: Language Policies in Multilingual Settings
2. Alison d'Anglejan: Language Planning in Quebec: An Historical Overview and Future Trends
3. Pierre E. Laporte: Status Language Planning in Quebec: An Evaluation
4. Denise Daoust: Francization and Terminology Change in Quebec Business Firms
5. Roger Miller: The Response of Business Firms to the Francization Process
6. William Coleman: Social Class and Language Policies in Quebec
7. Don M. Taylor and Lise Dube-Simard: Language Planning and Intergroup Relations: Anglophone and Francophone Attitudes Toward the Charter of the French Language
8. Richard Y. Bourhis: The Charter of the French Language and Cross-Cultural Communication in Montreal
9. Gary Caldwell Anglo-Quebec: Demographic Realities and Options for the Future
10. John Mallea: Minority Language Education in Quebec and Anglophone Canada
Appendix 1: Official English Text of the Charter of the French Language: Bill 101. Assemblee Nationale du Quebec
Appendix 2: Contributors
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