Download or read book Interculturalism written by Gerard Bouchard and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2015-02-05 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accommodating ethnic diversity is a major challenge for all democratic nations and a topic that has attracted a great deal of attention in the last few decades. Within Quebec, a new approach has emerged that seeks a balance between the needs of minorities and those of the majority. In Interculturalism, sociologist and historian Gérard Bouchard presents his vision of interculturalism as a model for the management of diversity. A pluralist approach which recognizes the existence of a cultural majority whose rights must also be acknowledged, interculturalism constitutes an important alternative to multiculturalism both in Canada and internationally. Written by one of Quebec’s leading public intellectuals and the co-chair of the Bouchard-Taylor Commission on reasonable accommodation, Interculturalism is the first clear and comprehensive statement in English of an approach being discussed around the world. A translation of Bouchard’s award-winning French-language work, L’Interculturalisme: Un point de vue québécois, this book features a new foreword by philosopher Charles Taylor and an afterword by the author written specifically for the English-language edition.
Download or read book Language Citizenship and Identity in Quebec written by L. Oakes and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-01-05 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globalization is calling for new conceptualizations of belonging within culturally diverse communities. Quebec, driven by the pressures of maintaining Francophone identity and accommodating migrant groups, provides a fascinating case study of how to foster a sense of belonging.
Download or read book Langue fran aise et diversit linguistique written by Conseil sup. de la langue française and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Les 30 novembre et 1er décembre 2005, le Service de la langue française et le Conseil Supérieur de la langue française ont organisé, avec les organismes linguistiques homologues de France, de Suisse et du Québec, un séminaire sur le thème "Langue française et diversité linguistique". Ce séminaire s'est attaché à l'analyse des rapports entre la langue française et les autres langues sur un territoire donné où le français a le statut de langue officielle. L'objectif a été d'étudier comment et jusqu'où, dans le cadre de nos politiques respectives d'aménagement de notre - ou de nos - langue-s officielle-s, nous pouvons prendre en compte la diversité linguistique. Le séminaire s'est articulé autour de trois volets de réflexion. Le premier volet a abordé la thématique « La langue française et la diversité linguistique dans l'espace international » et le deuxième « La langue française et les langues de l'immigration ». Le troisième volet a été conçu comme une séance ouverte permettant à chaque pays partenaire de faire valoir une problématique qu'il juge particulièrement importante en matière de gestion de la diversité linguistique. Pages de début Introduction Ouverture Conférence inaugurale jusqu'où la reconnaissance de la diversité en reconnaissant l'unité ? L'expansion de l'anglais menace-t-elle la diversité linguistique ? Les enjeux financiers de l'hégémonie linguistique en Europe La nouvelle politique européenne en faveur du multilinguisme Politique linguistique québécoise et diversité linguistique de la population La prise en compte de la diversité dans l'analyse de la situation linguistique : rôle et importance de la langue d'usage public Promotion d'une langue nationale et prise en compte de la diversité implications sociolinguistiques Promotion de la langue et respect de la diversité : une antinomie ? Langues et immigration dans l'enseignement en communauté française de Belgique La langue française face aux langues de l'immigration : état des lieux en communauté française de Belgique La politique d'intégration linguistique en France Banalisation salutaire d'une « langue de France » : l'arabe maghrébin-darja sur la scène culturelle française Promotion du français et reconnaissance des langues de la migration : les défis nouveaux posés à l'école romande L'intercompréhension entre langues apparentées : qu'est-ce que c'est ? Où en est la recherche ? Comment la diffuser ? Conséquences et enjeux de la reconnaissance officielle d'une langue : le cas de la langue des signes en communauté française de Belgique Rapports entre le français et les langues africaines Synthèse des travaux et conclusion Annexe 1. Les auteurs Annexe 2.Les organismes linguistiques à l'origine du séminaire Pages de fin.
Download or read book Uniformity and Diversity in Language Policy written by Catrin Norrby and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2011-10-17 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together current research by leading international scholars on the often contentious nature of language policies and their practical outcomes in North America, Australia and Europe. It presents a range of perspectives from which to engage with a variety of pressing issues raised by multilingualism, multiculturalism, immigration, exclusion, and identity. A recurrent theme is that of tension and conflict: between uniformity and diversity, between official policies and real day-to-day life experiences, but also between policies in schools and the corporate world and their implementation. Several chapters present research about language policy issues that has previously not been fully or easily available to an English-language audience. Many of the chapters also provide up-to-date analyses of language policy issues in particular regions or countries, focusing on recent developments.
Download or read book Normative Language Policy written by Leigh Oakes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proposes an integrated framework for investigating the ethics of language policy in liberal democracies in a global era.
Download or read book French Applied Linguistics written by Dalila Ayoun and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2007-01-11 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This state-of-the-art volume on French Applied Linguistics includes two introductory chapters, the first summarizes the past, present and future of French in applied linguistics, and the second reviews the history of French from a sociolinguistic perspective. The six chapters of the first part cover the core aspects of the second language acquisition of French: phonology, semantics/syntax, syntax/morphology, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, and grammatical gender. The seven chapters of the second part explore the contribution of French in various subfields of applied linguistics such as language ideology and foreign language pedagogy, corpus linguistics, and French Sign Language. A chapter studies the role of affective variables on language learning, while another investigates natural language and lexical creativity. The chapters on creole studies and applied linguistics in West Africa address issues in first and second language acquisition in complex sociolinguistic and political contexts. The last chapter serves as an epilogue focusing on Louisiana, a region rich in linguistic history.
Download or read book Multiculturalism and Interculturalism written by Nasar Meer and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both interculturalism and multiculturalism address the question of how states should forge unity from ethnic, cultural and religious diversity. But what are the dividing lines between interculturalism and multiculturalism? This volume brings together some of the most prominent scholars in the field to address these two different approaches. With a Foreword by Charles Taylor and an Afterword by Bhikhu Parekh, this collection spans European, North-American and Latin-American debates.
Download or read book Language and Canadian Media written by Rachelle Vessey and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language Ideologies and Canadian Media explores how French and English Canadian media discuss languages and language issues, which language ideologies predominate in English and French, and whether language ideologies in traditional news media are transferred to new and social media. Using corpus linguistics and discourse analysis and a variety of different datasets ranging from print newspapers to online news, commentary and Twitter, the author argues that language ideologies in Canadian media have a bearing not only on the extent to which Canadian language policies are adopted, but also on the very way that Canadians understand themselves and their place in the nation.
Download or read book La langue fran aise dans sa diversit written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Combat pour le fran ais written by Claude Hagège and published by Odile Jacob. This book was released on 2006 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L'anglais remplace le français dans tous les domaines, de plus en plus. L'auteur démontre qu'une politique linguistique vigilante et concrète de la langue française est indispensable, et qu'elle n'est pas incompatible avec la mondialisation. "Les langues sont bien davantage que des espèces vivantes. Elles sont situées au plus profond de l'humanité. Une langue est aussi une certaine façon de ressentir, d'imaginer et de penser. Défendre son âme face aux périls qui la menacent, cela commande de livrer un combat. Face à la prétendue mondialisation, la lutte pour la pluralité des cultures et des langues est une des formes de l'action humaine pour inverser le cours, apparemment inéluctable, des choses du monde. Le combat pour le français est un combat de l'esprit. Nous pouvons encore le gagner. La condition en est que, en France, nous nous mobilisions tous pour faire vivre la diversité des langues et refuser la soumission à une seule qui prétendrait les supplanter toutes. "
Download or read book Language Issues in Canada written by Martin Howard and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume attempts to illuminate Canada’s linguistic diversity by bringing together within one single volume a range of innovative studies which explore Canadian language issues across the political, legislative, social, educational and linguistic horizons. The ten chapters within the volume constitute a mixture of overview survey articles on a particular theme, as well as analyses based on large-scale empirical studies, presenting both qualitative and quantitative findings. The multidisciplinary approach provides complementary insights on a range of key-themes central to the Canadian linguistic context, such as in the case of language politics, language legislation, language education, sociolinguistics, language contact, language variation and change, varieties of French, minority language issues and language standardisation. The languages covered include both English and French, as well as Aboriginal languages.
Download or read book Cultural Essentialism in Intercultural Relations written by Fred Dervin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of culture has long been criticized, with many scholars reformulating it or discarding it entirely. The field of intercultural communication and relations, however, still relies on culture to examine interculturality and this volume provides a comprehensive examination of the problems that the concept poses today.
Download or read book Canadian Language Policies in Comparative Perspective written by Michael A. Morris and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capturing the dynamism of Canadian language policies, the essays in this volume analyze and compare the effects, histories, and features of language policies as they have been enacted and implemented by Canadian provincial and federal governments. The contributors' comparisons reveal significant domestic and international implications for language policy. An important study of a social and political issue that has immediate local, national, and international consequences, Canadian Language Policies in Comparative Perspective assembles knowledgeable authorities on language policy to provide a comprehensive synthesis of its consequences.
Download or read book La francophonie ou l loge de la diversit written by Michaël Abecassis and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-25 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first part of this volume, La Francophonie ou l'éloge de la diversité, is devoted to “Francophone cinema, between Bollywood and Hollywood.” What in particular does Francophone cinema have to offer compared with American or Indian cinema? What more does Francophone cinema have to offer? What genres does it prefer? For what audience? The second part deals with the promotion of diversity in Francophone countries, taking into consideration the cultural aspects of Francophonie in the 21st century, the linguistic description of systems in contact, tracing the historical stages which have led to the creation of this locus of cultural diversity, and focusing finally on university cooperation and Franco-British scientific research. This book brings together contributions by outstanding authors who gathered in Oxford in October 2010 at the Maison française, including: Louis-Jean Calvet: Professor at the University of Provence. In collaboration with the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, he works on language policy, particularly the struggle to maintain linguistic diversity. Bernard Cerquiglini: Rector of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie. An eminent linguist and specialist on the French language, Bernard Cerquiglini is known as the “Professor” from TV5 Monde’s Merci Professeur! Philippe Lane is the Cultural Attaché at the French Embassy in London. Gudrun Ledegen: Sociolinguist, Lecturer in Linguistics at the Université de la Réunion. She specialises in contact between French and Creole in La Réunion. The discussion is complemented by contributions by Maryse Bray, Karine Chevalier, Anne-Caroline Fiévet, Hélène Gill, Amélie Hien, Gaëlle Planchenault and Alena Podhorná-Polická.
Download or read book Theories and Methods written by Peter Auer and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2009-12-22 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dimensions of time and space fundamentally cause and shape the variability of all human language. To reduce investigation of this insight to manageable proportions, researchers have traditionally concentrated on the “deepest” dialects. But it is increasingly apparent that, although most people still speak with a distinct regional coloring, the new mobility of speakers in recently industrialized and postindustrial societies and the efflorescence of communication technologies cannot be ignored. This has given rise to a reconsideration of the relationship between geographical place and cultural space, and the fundamental link between language and a spatially bounded territory. Language and Space: An International Handbook of Linguistic Variation seeks to take full account of these developments in a comprehensive, theoretically rich way. The introductory volume examines the concept of space and linguistic approaches to it, the structure and dynamics of language spaces, and relevant research methods. A second volume offers the first thorough exploration of the interplay between linguistic investigation and cartography, and subsequent volumes uniformly document the state of research into the spatial dimension of particular language groupings. Key features: comprehensive coverage of the field in terms of theory and methods the unique volume stands alone, since it neither is a handbook of dialectology or of areal linguistics, nor a handbook on language variation alone gathers together a great number of distinguished scholars and experts in the field
Download or read book Negotiating Identities written by Diane Gerin-Lajoie and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2016-04-06 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As members of an official linguistic minority in Canada, Anglophone teachers living and working in Quebec have a distinct experience of the relationship between language and identity. In Negotiating Identities, Diane Gérin-Lajoie uses a critical sociological framework to explore the life stories of Anglophone teachers and illustrate the social practices which connect them with their linguistic, cultural, and professional identities. Exploring the complexity of identity as a lived experience, Negotiating Identities demonstrates the strength of language as a political force in these educators’ lives both in the classroom and outside it. Through comparisons with the other official linguistic minority in Canada, the Francophones, and particularly with Franco-Ontarians, this book tells the stories of Quebec’s Anglophone teachers in their own words, providing a unique account of how these individuals make sense of their lives as residents of Quebec.
Download or read book Migration Regionalization Citizenship written by Katja Sarkowsky and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-12-04 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the perspectives of the political sciences as well as literature and language studies, this volume looks comparatively at Canadian and European constellations of cultural and linguistic diversity. By so doing, it takes Canada as exemplary for the effects of transnationalization, regionalization, and cultural and linguistic diversification on notions of citizenship and processes of identity formation.
