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Publication details [#57563]

Vessey, Rachelle. 2013. Too much French? Not enough French?: The Vancouver Olympics and a very Canadian language ideological debate. Multilingua 32 (5) : 659–682.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

identity negotiation | language choice | nationality | newspaper report | sports language

Language as a subject

English, Canadian | French, Canadian

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

The Canadian national newspapers' (The Globe and Mail and Le Devoir) debate over the status of French in the 2011 Vancouver Olympics (insufficient versus sufficient use) touches on ideologies of language, national identity and belonging.