Tackling the language issues facing an increasingly diverse nation, this volume draws on the disciplines of linguistics, history and sociology in its analysis. It offers opposing viewpoints on matters of language diversity and argues convincingly in its favour.
In the United States today, an intense discourse is taking place on what the future of the nation will be. Alarmists point to the most recent wave of immigrants, mostly from non-European countries, as the source of current societal malaise. In particular, they consider the diver…
"In the United States today, an intense discourse is taking place on what the future of the nation will be. Alarmists point to the most recent wave of immigrants, mostly from non-European countries, as the source of current societal malaise. In particular, they consider the dive…
A study of language and politics in the US and Canada, this text provides detailed analyses of a wide range of issues at the national, provincial and local levels in both countries. The contributors come from various academic disciplines, offering an interdisciplinary theory of …