Discourses of minority francophone space: The emergent role of an Acadian cultural center

Autor:	Kelle L. Keating
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Linguistics and Language Government Sociology and Political Science Cultural center Charter French Gender studies Space (commercial competition) Language and Linguistics language.human_language Social space Signage language Sociology Social science Plural
Zdroj:	Language in Society. 43:515-538
ISSN:	1469-8013 0047-4045
DOI:	10.1017/s0047404514000542
Popis:	Recent studies documenting minority linguistic space in urban settings have focused on cities' linguistic landscapes, and external signage is often taken to index linguistic practices within businesses, government offices, and other establishments. To shed light on linguistic practices in culturally significant spaces of this sort, it is helpful to consider social actors' discursive construction of the spaces themselves. This article describes discourses of minority francophone space elicited from members and associates of Moncton, New Brunswick's Centre culturel Aberdeen. The data are analyzed according to Lefebvre's (1974/1991) conceived, perceived, and lived spaces and Heller & Labrie's (2004) modernizing and globalizing discourses. The present findings demonstrate that, while Aberdeen's conceived space is francophone, other languages are spoken in Aberdeen's perceived space. Participants also describe Aberdeen's lived space as bilingual, mediating between anglophones and francophones. These discourses, coupled with changes in the Centre's charter, suggest an emergent, plural conception of minority francophone space. (Francophone, minority, Canada, Acadian, discourse, social space)*
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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