Vitality and ethnolinguistic attitudes of Acadians, Franco-Ontarians and Francophone Quebecers: two or three solitudes in Canada's bilingual belt?

Sioufi, Rana; Bourhis, Richard Y.; Allard, Réal

doi:10.1080/01434632.2015.1072205

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“…The present study was conducted with Canadian French–English bilinguals in both Edmonton, Alberta, and in Montreal, Quebec. In Montreal, many of its residents are fluent in both French and English (see Sioufi et al, 2016 , for arguments classifying Montreal as part of Canada’s “bilingual belt”). Edmonton is a majority English-speaking city with a small francophone minority population ( Aunger, 1999 ).…”

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Language Dominance and Cognitive Flexibility in French–English Bilingual Children

2018

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Some studies have reported a cognitive advantage for bilingual children over monolinguals and other studies have not. One possible reason for these conflicting results is that the degree of cognitive flexibility is related to individual differences in language dominance and use. More balanced bilinguals who separate their languages by context might have to learn to reduce inter-language interference and therefore show greater cognitive flexibility. The goal of the present study was to test if language dominance is related to French–English bilingual children’s cognitive flexibility, using three different measures of language dominance: (1) parental reports of dominance, (2) relative scores on vocabulary tests, and (3) knowledge of translation equivalents. We also included two measures of language use: (1) living in a bilingual community (Montreal) or a monolingual community (Edmonton) and (2) language separation. Sixty-two French–English bilingual between 46 and 85 months of age participated. Children’s cognitive flexibility was assessed using the Advanced Dimensional Change Card Sort task. Children’s language knowledge and use was assessed in both French and English using a battery of tests. The results showed that none of the measures of language dominance or language use predicted cognitive flexibility. These results are inconsistent with the claim that individual differences in language dominance and use predict bilinguals’ executive function s.

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Language Dominance and Cognitive Flexibility in French–English Bilingual Children

2018

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“…For instance, a study conducted with a sample of 658 Francophone undergraduates from three provinces, namely Ontario, New Brunswick and Quebec, found that all Franco-Canadians reported a stronger will E. Gallitto, C. Montgomery • The Role of Coping and Ethnolinguistic Vitality… to enhance their ingroup vitality than the English Canadians. These findings reflect the need of Franco-Canadians to differentiate themselves from the Anglo-dominant group and maintain a strong sense of social identity (Sioufi et al, 2016).…”

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The Role of Coping and Ethnolinguistic Vitality in Predicting Franco-Ontarian Adolescents’ Perceived Stress

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2022

Minorités linguistiques et société

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“…Egocentric beliefs were seen as even better predictors of language behavior than exocentric beliefs because they more directly measured both how linguistic minorities usually behaved and also how they wished to mobilize for their own group vitality, personally and collectively. Using a short variant of the Egocentric Vitality Scale , Sioufi, Bourhis, and Allard (2016) showed that Francophone undergraduates in New Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario ( N = 658) were more willing to personally mobilize to improve their own group French Canadian (FC) vitality than the vitality of outgroup English Canadians (EC). Francophone undergraduates in the three provinces felt more threatened by the presence of EC than FC migrants, while they much preferred internal migrants who were FC than EC for settlement in their own province.…”

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Assessing 40 Years of Group Vitality Research and Future Directions

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Journal of Language and Social Psychology

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This article provides key group vitality concepts followed by a selective overview of four decades of research on vitality issues. Group vitality is what makes language communities behave as distinctive and active collective entities within multilingual settings. Three structural factors combine to foster strong to weak group vitality: demographic factors, institutional support, and status. The objective vitality framework uses available census and sociolinguistic indicators to measure the relative vitality of minority and majority language communities in contact. Two case studies show the crucial role of language policies in improving or undermining the vitality of language minorities in Canada. Studies of subjective perceptions of group vitality are reviewed as they relate to language and communicative outcomes. Key vitality models are noted along with future research directions highlighting the need for a theoretical integration of the vitality framework.

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Vitality and ethnolinguistic attitudes of Acadians, Franco-Ontarians and Francophone Quebecers: two or three solitudes in Canada's bilingual belt?

Cited by 8 publications

References 23 publications

Language Dominance and Cognitive Flexibility in French–English Bilingual Children

Language Dominance and Cognitive Flexibility in French–English Bilingual Children

The Role of Coping and Ethnolinguistic Vitality in Predicting Franco-Ontarian Adolescents’ Perceived Stress

Assessing 40 Years of Group Vitality Research and Future Directions

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