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Patrick, Donna R. and Eve Haque. 2015. Indigenous languages and the racial hierarchisation of language policy in Canada. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 36 (1) : 27–41.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

aboriginal | language dominance | language policy | power | racism

Language as a subject

English, Canadian | French, Canadian | Languages, Canadian, Aboriginal

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This article deals with language policy (-making) in Canada as discourse forms (re)produced within power systems and racial hierarchies, promoting French and English primacy and intensifying indigenous groups' marginalisation. Present-day indigenous language conflicts in Canada are reviewed.