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There is a need at the heart of linguistic theorizing to take account of bi- and multilingual perspectives. In the field of language planning, issues of bilingualism are often perceived through monolingual filters and resolved by monolingual responses. In this volume, issues of monolingualism, multilingualism and identity are addressed directly in studies of Canada and Spain.
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Monolingualism and Bilingualism: Lessons from Canada and Spain Edited by Sue Wright Also published as Vol. 2, No. 1 of Current Issues in Language and Society. Includes bibliographical references 1. Bilingualism-Canada. 2. Multiculturalism-Canada. 3. Ethnicity-Canada. 4. Bilingualism-Spain. 5. Pluralism (Social sciences)-Spain. 6. Ethnicity-Spain. I. Wright, Sue P115.5.C3M661996 404'.2-dc2096-11906
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ISBN 1-85359-354-0 (hbk)
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Copyright 1996 Sue Wright and the authors of individual articles.
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Contents
Foreword
JulianEdge
1
Monolingualism, Bilingualism and Identity: Lessons and Insights from Recent Canadian Experience
JohnEdwards
5
Debate
39
Monolingualism, Bilingualism, Cultural Pluralism and National Identity: Twenty Years of Language Planning in Contemporary Spain
CharlotteHoffmann
59
Debate
91
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Foreword
Julian Edge Language Studies Unit, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET
The idea for this number of CurrentIssuesinLanguageandSociety began with a recollection of the opening sentence of Suzanne Romaine's book, Bilingualism: 'It would certainly be odd to encounter a book with the title, Monolingualism'. The next sentence reads:
However, it is precisely a monolingual perspective which modern linguistic theory takes as its starting point in dealing with basic analytical problems such as the construction of grammars and the nature of competence. (Romaine, 1989: 1)
One does not need to take issue with this statement in order to assert that an equally possible second sentence might have been:
This is because modern linguistic theory is so embedded in a monolingual perspective that the very fact that the monolingual is merely one perspective goes mostly unremarked. That which is taken for granted becomes invisible, and the consequent biases and distortions go unnoticed.
In part, these distortions arise from the equivalence of modern in the above quotation with western, and thus with what Pennycook (1994: 104) calls 'a very particular European cultural form'. He continues:
... an almost unquestioned premise of Western linguistics has been that monolingualism is the norm both for communities of speakers and for individuals, with bi- or multilingualism taken as an exception and often stigmatised through its connections to minority groups, the Third World, and English as a Second Language learners. (Pennycook, 1994: 136)
There is an urgent need at the heart of linguistic theorising to take account of biand multilingual perspectives. One approach would be to turn the techniques of linguistic inquiry back upon the monolingual premise from which they have evolvedin other words, to write the book called Monolingualism. One can discern various possible outlines for such a book by looking down the Contents page and substituting 'Monolingualism' for 'Bilingualism'. Thus, from a multilingual set of background assumptions, one would expect a chapter on: 'The Monolingual Brain', with sub-headings such as, 'Types of monolingualism', 'Neuro-anatomical organisation in monolinguals', and 'Monolinguals and intelligence'.
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