The development of the French language in Quebec has been the subject of various articles both in the popular press and in professional journals. Our study examines the French identification process in the context of the theoretical framework of social identity. The concept of identification is defined according to the notions of attachment to French language and of open-mindedness to the English language. This study presents some of the factors which influence the linguistic identification process. It also compares this identification between 1978 and 1990 among French Quebec students in high school and college. Most precisely, we examine and compare the relative influence of factors such as the objective ethnolinguistic vitality of the respondent and his linguistic usages and abilities. We also look at the concept of subjective vitality which is based on the respondent's attitudes and beliefs regarding the present and future situation of French language in Quebec.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.69636 |
| Date | January 1993 |
| Creators | Gravel, Ronald Gaston |
| Contributors | Locher, Uli (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | French |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Department of Sociology.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001392951, proquestno: AAIMM91712, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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