'French is Growing, We Are Declining!' : English-Speaking Quebecers' Discursive Construction of Identity and Belonging in the Context of the 2018 Provincial Election English-Language Party Leaders Debates

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Title
'French is Growing, We Are Declining!' : English-Speaking Quebecers' Discursive Construction of Identity and Belonging in the Context of the 2018 Provincial Election English-Language Party Leaders Debates
Abstract
The author examines the current state of the conceptualization of group identity by Quebec’s English-speaking community in the context of identity-related discourse of English-speaking Quebecers generated during the online streaming of the English-language party leaders’ debate during the 2018 provincial election. A critical discourse analysis undertaken by the author of the use of referential terms to designate group identity and of discursive practices in constructing and enacting a stance toward the French language and symbols of the “traditional” Quebec identity strongly suggests a disaffiliative stance toward and disidentification from the dominant group, likely an obstacle to fostering belonging to Quebec’s new civic identity promoted in official discourse.
Publication
Journal of Eastern Townships Studies / Revue d'études des Cantons-de-l'Est
Volume
No. 49
Pages
27-47
Date
2021
Language
en
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Citation
Bosworth, Yulia. “‘French Is Growing, We Are Declining!’ : English-Speaking Quebecers’ Discursive Construction of Identity and Belonging in the Context of the 2018 Provincial Election English-Language Party Leaders Debates.” Journal of Eastern Townships Studies / Revue d’études des Cantons-de-l’Est No. 49 (2021): 27–47. https://umaine.edu/canam/wp-content/uploads/sites/149/2021/09/00_JETS-49-1.pdf.
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