A sociolinguistic comparison between Québec's charter of the French language and the 1989 language laws of five soviet republics

• Autores: Jacques Maurais
• Localización: Journal of multilingual and multicultural development, ISSN 0143-4632, Vol. 12, Nº. 1-2, 1991, págs. 117-126
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper will compare the language laws of 5 Soviet Republics (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia and Kazakhstan) with Quebec's Charter of the French Language mainly along the following lines:

    1. proclamation of an official language 2. the common language question 3. language of communication with customers and citizens 4. language of education 5. linguistic aspects of immigration.

    The paper comments on bilingualism as viewed in Quebec's Charter of French Language and in the language laws of the aforementioned Soviet Republics.