Language, Citizenship And Identity in Quebec

The first, comprehensive study in English to make a sociolinguistic contribution to the current debate about national identity in Quebec, Language, Citizenship and Identity in Quebec draws on an extensive survey of press articles and interviews with key figures in the field, as well as a wide-ranging body of theoretical work dealing with language, identity, citizenship and the nation.

LEIGH OAKES is a Lecturer in French at the School of Modern Languages, Queen Mary, University of London. JANE WARREN is in the Department of French and Italian Studies at the University of Melbourne.

Introduction * PART 1: BUILDING A DISTINCT IDENTITY * From French to French-Canadian * From French-Canadian to Québécois * Québec in a Globalising World * Redefining the Québec Nation * PART 2: FINDING A VOICE * The Linguistics of French in Québec * Language Laws and Québécois Identity * Which French? Description and Prescription * Whose French? Language Attitudes and Linguistic Insecurity * PART 3: ACCOMMODATING DIVERSITY * Linguistic Rights in a Multinational Society: the First Nations * Transformations of Anglophone Québec * Language of Pluralism in Québec * French - a Language for All Québecers? * Conclusions * Appendix * Bibliography * Index Introduction * PART 1: BUILDING A DISTINCT IDENTITY * From French to French-Canadian * From French-Canadian to Québécois * Québec in a Globalising World * Redefining the Québec Nation * PART 2: FINDING A VOICE * The Linguistics of French in Québec * Language Laws and Québécois Identity * Which French? Description and Prescription * Whose French? Language Attitudes and Linguistic Insecurity * PART 3: ACCOMMODATING DIVERSITY * Linguistic Rights in a Multinational Society: the First Nations * Transformations of Anglophone Québec * Language of Pluralism in Québec * French - a Language for All Québecers? * Conclusions * Appendix * Bibliography * Index