The Official-Language Movement in the United States: Contexts, Issues, and Activities.

Amorose, Thomas

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ERIC Number: EJ404026

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Publication Date: 1989

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The Official-Language Movement in the United States: Contexts, Issues, and Activities.

Amorose, Thomas

Language Problems and Language Planning, v13 n3 p264-79 Fall 1989

Central concerns in the movement to make English the official language of the United States are reviewed, publications and activities of two major organizations supporting it are compared, and basic assumptions and directions of the movement are criticized. (21 references) (MSE)

Descriptors: Acculturation, English, Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Language Role, Monolingualism, Official Languages, Organizations (Groups), Public Policy, Social Influences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United States

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