Perspectives on Official English : : The Campaign for English as the Official Language of the USA / / ed. by Daniel T. Brink, Karen L. Adams.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 1990 - 1999
• MitwirkendeR: Adams, Karen L.,; Amastae, Jon,; Benally, AnCita,; Bingaman, Jeff,; Brandt, Elizabeth A.,; Brink, Daniel T.,; Castro, Max J.,; Davey, William G.,; Diamond, Stanley,; Dubois, Betty Lou,; Dyste, Connie,; Fidel, Noel,; Gonzalez, Roseann D.,; Haun, Margaret,; Hudson-Edwards, Alan,; Limage, Leslie J.,; Magnet, Joseph E.,; Marshall, David F.,; McCarty, T. L.,; Moran, Rachel F.,; Nunberg, Geoffrey,; Roca, Ana,; Ruiz, Richard,; Stein, Sharon McCloe,; Trasvina, John,; Weinstein, James,; Woolard, Kathryn A.,; Zall, Barnaby W.,; Zentella, Ana Celia,; Zepeda, Ofelia,
• HerausgeberIn: Adams, Karen L.,; Brink, Daniel T.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2020]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: Reprint 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] , 57
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (365 p.)

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Theoretical Perspectives on Language Policy -- Introduction -- Official Languages and Language Planning -- II. International Perspectives on Language Policy -- Introduction -- Una Lingua, Una Patria?: Is Monolingualism Beneficial or Harmful to a Nation's Unity? -- Canadian Perspectives on Official English -- Language Policy and Linguistic Tolerance in Ireland -- Language Policies in Western Europe and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics -- The Legislation of Bahasa Malaysia as the Official Language of Malaysia -- III. Perspectives on the Success of the Official English Campaign -- Introduction -- English — the Official Language of California, 1983-1988 -- Testimony before the State Legislature on California Proposition 63 -- Voting Rights, Liberal Voters and the Official English Movement: An Analysis of Campaign Rhetoric in San Francisco's Proposition "O" -- The Popularity of California's Proposition 63: An Analysis -- The Official English Movement in Florida -- Who Supports Official English, and Why?: The Influence of Social Variables and Questionnaire Methodology -- IV. Language Patterns in the United States: The Southwestern Perspective -- Introduction -- Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities in the Southwest: an Overview -- Official English and the Learning of English -- On the English Proficiency Act -- The Official English Movement and the Role of First Languages -- Official English and the Urge to Legislate -- The Navajo Language Today -- American Indian Language Policy -- V. Legal Perspectives on Language Policy -- Introduction -- Legal Background and History of the English Language Movement -- Is Language Choice a Constitutional Right?: Outline of a Constitutional Analysis -- Bilingualism and the Constitution -- Language and the Law in the Classroom: Bilingual Education and the Official English Initiative -- Language Rights as Collective Rights -- On Walling In and Walling Out -- Appendix I: Amendments, Initiatives, Resolutions -- Appendix II: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo -- Appendix III: Congressional Hearings on Statehood for New Mexico and Arizona -- Appendix IV: Constitution of the State of New Mexico -- Appendix V: Representative Data on Language Use and Ethnicity -- References -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Backmatter