Publications

Publication details [#4581]

Heller, Monica S. 1978. Bonjour, hello?: Negotiations of language choice in Montreal. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society 49 : 588–597.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language choice | social context

Language as a subject

English | French, Quebecois

Annotation

On the influence of social and political change in Québec on communicative strategies, in particular on the choice between English and French in conversations between strangers.

Translations

Thibault, Pierrette. 1979. 'Bonjour, hello?': Négociation de choix de langue à Montréal. In Thibault, Pierrette, ed. Le français parlé: Etudes sociolinguistiques. Linguistic Research. pp. 121–130.

Reprints

Gumperz, John J. 1982. In Gumperz, John J., ed. Language and social identity. Cambridge University Press. pp. 108–118.