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- Title
BILINGUAL COMMUNICATION IN MONTREAL: SOME MATCHEDGUISE STUDIES.
- Authors
Bourhis, Richard Y.
- Abstract
This article provides an overview of dialogue and face-to-face matched-guise studies designed to explore French/English language switching in Montreal since the adoption of pro-French laws such as Bill 101 in 1977. Results showed that Bill 101 may have had a 'carry-over effect' which increased French use by Anglophones in their encounters with Francophones on the streets of Montreal over the decades. By 1997, field studies showed that both Anglophones and Francophones overwhelmingly converged to each other's linguistic needs. Results are discussed using the concept of Diglossia and Communication Accommodation Theory.
- Subjects
MONTREAL (Quebec); QUEBEC (Province); CANADA; DIGLOSSIA (Linguistics); CODE switching (Linguistics); COMMUNICATION accommodation theory; BILINGUALISM; MANNERS &; customs
- Publication
Canadian Issues / Thèmes Canadiens, 2011, p45
- ISSN
0318-8442
- Publication type
Article