Publications

Publication details [#53251]

Oakes, Leigh. 2010. Lambs to the slaughter? Young francophones and the role of English in Quebec today. Multilingua 29 (3,4) : 265–288.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

age | language attitude | language status | language use | lingua franca

Language as a subject

English, Canadian | French, Canadian

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/MULT/html

Annotation

This study reveals the diversity and complexity of the relationships that young francophone university students in Quebec currently maintain with the English language (the global lingua franca), attitudes which clearly differ from those of previous generations.