Hold Your Tongue

Bilingualism and the Politics of English Only

Author: James Crawford
ISBN: 9780201550443

Should English be the official language of the United States? The America of the 1990's is an ethnically diverse society in which language has become an increasing focus of conflict. As new immigrants continue to pour in, a movement has begun to declare English our official language. In this revealing report from the front lines, James Crawford takes us inside the heated debate over bilingualism - and shows us the destructive and xenophobic sides of the English Only Movement.He takes us to Arizona, where English-speaking residents pass an amendment prohibiting the use of Spanish in government offices to a Massachusetts city, where non-English speaking students are segregated in inferior classrooms; and to a California community where activists lobby to outlaw Chinese language signs from the streets. In Miami, in the Southwest and in many of our cities, bilingualism seems so prevalent that some worry we will no longer be able to communicate with each other.But what is the relationship b

Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Publish Date: 1992-01

Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / General

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