Objective This application is for a year's worth of fieldwork in Montreal, Canada. The project is part of the applicant’s larger post-doctoral research, which investigates the interaction between official language policies and their impact on language use at the grassroots in three political entities: Singapore, Wales, and Quebec. The three locations feature different types of top-down language policies and planning, with various different languages involved in the process, English being the common player. Thus, officially quadrilingual Singapore has extensively promoted English, whereas Wales has a much more laissez-faire attitude to the language, and Quebec has taken far-reaching steps to limit its use. The research on Singapore and Wales is well underway, but the Quebec component requires detailed on-site fieldwork. The proposed project will see data collection in the realms of public displays of linguistic practice (so-called 'linguistic landscaping'), of language attitudes, and, using standard sociolinguistic methodology, of actual language use in practice. A physical presence in the province is required to obtain an in-depth picture of these elements; the city of Montreal being particularly well-suited due to its high proportion of Anglophone residents, who are the primary source of informants. The results from this project will not only inform current trends in policy perception, but also contribute to a comparative approach to the issue of language policy and language attitudes, an approach that has so far been lacking. Fields of science humanitieslanguages and literaturelinguisticssocial sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil society Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IOF - Marie Curie Action: "International Outgoing Fellowships for Career Development" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IOF See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-IOF - International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF) Coordinator ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITAET FREIBURG EU contribution € 156 249,30 Address FAHNENBERGPLATZ 79098 Freiburg Germany See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Christian Mair (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
