Acquiring a Slice of Anglo-American Pie : A Portrait of Language Shift in a Franco-American Family

Acquiring a Slice of Anglo-American Pie : A Portrait of Language Shift in a Franco-American Family

Third chapter in a collection of essays on language ideology as related to issues surrounding the political movement in favor of codifying English the official language of the United States. This essay presents a case-study in the processes and progression of language shift in the home - from French to bilingual to English - as taking place within a large family in a rural Vermont community. Certain impacts of rurality/urbanity, educational institutions, socialization norms, world events involving the United States (eg., wars), and age on the processes of linguistic assimilation. Differences in language abilities, as well as differences of opinions on language usage and legislation, as seen between younger and older siblings. Contains a brief overview of French Canadian immigration to New England.

Williams, Robert S.

Riley, Kathleen C.

National Council of Teachers of English

2001

en

Book Section

425299626, 44461946

20th century; Vermont

González, Roseann Dueñas

Melis, Ildikó

Book Section

9780805840544

Language Ideologies: Critical Perspectives on the Official English Movement

2

63-90

Urbana, Illinois

National Council of Teachers of English

Language Ideologies: Critical Perspectives on the Official English Movement @ Google Books (limited preview available)

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED454519 (full text available here in PDF form)

2: History, Theory, and Policy