Linguistic Minorities and Modernity : A Sociolinguistic Ethnography
by Heller, MonicaFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-02-01
Publisher(s): Longman Cheshire Pty Ltd
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Author Biography
Monica Heller is Professor in the Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education and the Centre de Recherches en Education Franco-ontarienne at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, the University of Toronto, Canada.
Table of Contents
| Author's Acknowledgments | |
| Publisher's Acknowledgments | |
| The Transformation of Linguistic Minorities | |
| The Voyage: Language, Identity, and Hyper Modernity | |
| Linguistic Norms, Social Interactions, and Interest | |
| A Sociolinguistic Ethnogrophy | |
| L'Ecole Champlain | |
| The Structure of the Book | |
| 'L'Unite Dans La Diversite | |
| Introduction. 1968: Schooling and Minority Language Rights | |
| The Consequences of Mobilization | |
| Champlain and the Politics of Equity | |
| Champlain's 25th Anniversary Celebrations | |
| Norms and Contradictions | |
| Introduction | |
| The Social Organization of Linguistic Monitoring | |
| The Construction and Management of a Monolingual Ideal | |
| La Qualite de la Langue | |
| Normativity and Strategic Ambiguity | |
| Being Bilingual | |
| Playing the Game | |
| Luc/Luke and Sandra | |
| Bilinguals Rule | |
| Les Quebecois. 'Je Ne Comprenias Rien'. Conclusion | |
| Girls and Boys | |
| Gender and Public Space | |
| Studs and Juliettes | |
| Ways in and Ways Out | |
| The 'Nerds'. Conclusion | |
| Periphery to Centre | |
| Voices from the Margins | |
| The Phat Boys | |
| A View from Africa | |
| Music and Consciousness | |
| The Angels | |
| A Hip-Hop School | |
| The Distribution of Linguistic Capital | |
| L'Ecole Champlain and the Politics of Identity | |
| Bilingualism, Language Norms and Social Selection | |
| Discourse at School and Other Sites | |
| Bibliography | |
| Author Index | |
| Subject Index | |
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