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Romero, Mary – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1988
Explores the relationship between Spanish language use and ethnic identity through analysis of discourse among a Chicano family whose members had differing proficiencies in Spanish and/or English. Such factors as interaction in Anglo-dominated settings, conversational techniques, linguistic competence, and language attitudes appeared to influence…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Discourse Analysis, English
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O'Donnell, Paul E. – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1997
Overviews 20 years of language planning in Quebec and examines the effect of the province's institutional instability on the economy, language planning, and relations between ethnolinguistic groups. Elucidates the causes of Quebec's efforts to preserve its language and culture and concludes that the province needs its Anglophone population for the…
Descriptors: Culture Conflict, Economic Factors, English, Ethnic Groups
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Rensch, Karl H. – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1990
Describes two major events--mass migration to New Caledonia in the 1950s and the conversion from a protectorate to a French overseas territory in 1961--that have confronted Wallis and Futuna (Central Polynesia) with the same sociolinguistic problems that have beset other Pacific islands for decades. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Culture Contact, English, Foreign Countries, French