Bilingual Districts as an Instrument in Canadian Language Policy

Bibliographic Data

ID8962628
AuthorsDonald G Cartwright (corresponding author), Colin H Williams
Year1982
Volume7
Issue4
Pages474-474
Publication date1982-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-2754 • E-ISSN: 1475-5661
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2307/622147
PMID12338880
OpenAlexW2000256505
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited3

Accommodation of a multi-ethnic population within the territory of a single state has been recognized as a world-wide problem. Within such a society language maintenance is frequently the avenue through which cultural groups seek to preserve their identity. This paper describes and evaluates the Canadian experience of language planning by concentrating on the bilingual district, the key spatial instrument in the federal Official Languages Act. The paper argues for a cautious and spatially varied application of the 1969 Act and seeks to suggest ways in which a geolinguistic analysis may further our understanding of plurilingual societies

Accommodation · Computer security · Ethnic group · Geography · Identity (music · Key (lock · Language planning · Language policy · Linguistics · Pedagogy · Political science · Population · Public relations · Sociology · State (computer science · Computer Science · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration · Demography · Law · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Political Systems and Governance · Psychology · Public Administration

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