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Ricento, Thomas. 2013. The consequences of official bilingualism on the status and perception of non-official languages in Canada. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 34 (5) : 475–489.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | language and culture | minority language | multiculturalism | official language

Language as a subject

English, Canadian | French, Canadian

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This paper argues that the Canadian framework of official French-English bilingualism and multiculturalism is insufficient from a practical viewpoint and, arguably, in conflict with Canada's self-image as a ‘medley’ of cultures and languages.