Quebec’s New Language Dynamic : French Fading Fast

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Title
Quebec’s New Language Dynamic : French Fading Fast
Abstract
According to the author, immigration from former French colonies or Romance-language countries is shown to be the major factor driving the increase in the share of French in the assimilation of Allophones since 1991. He notes that the schooling provisions of The Charter of the French Language (Bill 101) are seen to play a significant supporting role in this respect, but not those promoting French as language of work. He claims that it is further shown that the corresponding trend towards a greater share for French in overall assimilation has become seriously compromised by a growing Anglicization of Francophones themselves, notably in the Montreal metropolitan area. He argues that the resulting consolidation of the superiority of English as language of assimilation in Quebec is seen to explain in large part the emergence of a new language dynamic since 2001, combining a record decline in relative weight of Quebec’s French-speaking majority with a mild but equally historic increase in weight of its English-speaking minority.
Publication
Language Problems and Language Planning
Volume
Vol. 43
Issue
no. 2
Pages
113-134
Date
2019
Language
en
Citation
Castonguay, Charles. “Quebec’s New Language Dynamic : French Fading Fast.” Language Problems and Language Planning Vol. 43, no. 2 (2019): 113–134.
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