TY - BOOK
T1 - Perspectives on official English
T2 - The campaign for English as the official language of the USA
AU - Adams, Karen L.
AU - Brink, Daniel T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 1990 by Walter de Gruyter & Co., D-1000 Berlin 30. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/3/23
Y1 - 2020/3/23
N2 - Although language policy has historically not been a matter of great public concern in the United States, the last few years have witnessed a growing interest in this topic.1 In spite of brief periods of controversy and active policy-making, from the mid-19th century until recently a strong sense existed in the U.S. that non-English speaking people should and would - ultimately - speak English and that even those language enclaves which did establish themselves would die out in a few generations. As a result, little official concern for, or attention to, linguistic minorities seemed necessary. During that era, America was a "melting pot," and immigrant populations were typically anxious to become americanized in one or two generations. Government involvement in this process was seen to be unnecessary.
AB - Although language policy has historically not been a matter of great public concern in the United States, the last few years have witnessed a growing interest in this topic.1 In spite of brief periods of controversy and active policy-making, from the mid-19th century until recently a strong sense existed in the U.S. that non-English speaking people should and would - ultimately - speak English and that even those language enclaves which did establish themselves would die out in a few generations. As a result, little official concern for, or attention to, linguistic minorities seemed necessary. During that era, America was a "melting pot," and immigrant populations were typically anxious to become americanized in one or two generations. Government involvement in this process was seen to be unnecessary.
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U2 - 10.1515/9783110857092
DO - 10.1515/9783110857092
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:85131274191
SN - 9783110123258
BT - Perspectives on official English
PB - de Gruyter
ER -