Indigenous languages and the racial hierarchisation of language policy in Canada

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 27-41

  Haque, Eve ^a   Patrick, Donna ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

indigenous language; linguistic assimilation; national language policies; neoliberalism; racial hierarchies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911441913     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2014.892499     Document Type: Article

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