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Language policies of Canada: An Evaluation of Trudeau's Policy of Official Bilingualism
Malý, Ondřej ; Calda, Miloš (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee)
Diploma thesis "Language policies of Canada: An Evaluation of Trudeau's Policy of Official Bilingualism" deals with Canadian English-French language duality. The thesis describes evolution of Canadian language policies on federal as well as on provincial level. On federal level, long-time prime minister of Canada Pierre Elliott Trudeau has achieved a goal to create fully bilingual federal government; on provincial level, the thesis deals mainly with the province of Québec as it has the most far reaching language legislation in Canada. The thesis evaluates Trudeau's aim to deal with Québec separatism and nationalism by stressing out new pan-Canadian identity of bilingual state reaching "from coast to coast".
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Language Policy in the U.S.: Debating Official Language
Mertová, Viktorie ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Zukerstein, Jaroslav (referee)
U. S. does not have an official language even though the country is home to the highest number of English speakers in the world and English is the primary language spoken there. Since 1980s, there have been efforts to make English the official language of the land. However, they have not been successful so far. The paper Language Policy in the U. S.: Debating Official Language attempts to clarify why English has never been officialized. First, the language policy debates since the American Revolution are examined and the role of official language in the debates is defined. Second, the actors of official English debates are introduced, their motivation is explained and arguments for and against making English official are presented. Third, potential impact of official language legislation is scrutinized based on a comparative analysis of five official English bills. Thus, the paper provides an overview of the topic of official English debates and gives reasons why the U. S. Congress has never passed an official language law.
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The History and impact of the English-Only movement in the United States : Is there hope for language tolerance?
Workman, Romana ; Kozák, Kryštof (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee)
This Master's thesis aims to analyze the circumstances and grounds of the development of an English-Only Movement in the United States of America (USA), which pursues to establish English as the official language on a federal level, to evaluate its role in contemporary language policy in the United States where about half of all states do not have English enacted as the official language, and to confirm or reverse the thesis as to whether or not the English-Only movement is a right-wing conservative initiative and an influential interest group practicing a so-called language imperialism. This thesis describes the contemporary situation in five analyzed states and extends the topic by a language map of New York City as a historical gateway for immigrants into the United States. It also intends to analyze the contemporary language policy in the light of the new immigration law in a situation where the GOP has a majority in both Houses. The paper also has an ambition to introduce the existence, instruments and successes, or failures, respectively, of the movement to Czech professionals dealing with language issues. In the first part, the paper outlines some important definitions, resources and methods applied herein, and provides a picture of the American identity, values and culture. The second part...
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Spanish v. Catalan and other minority languages used in Spain and their position in European Union: legal regime and linguistic practise.
MARHOUNOVÁ, Marie
The theme of this thesis are languages used in Spain, their position at the state level and in the European Union. The aim is to determine what is the knowledge and use of these languages among the inhabitants of the Autonomous Communities and how is the legislation that provides the status of languages in the state observed. Another aim is to describe the position of languages which Spain gained in the European Union. The thesis is divided into four chapters. The first chapter is introductory and contains basic information about Spain and the characteristics of languages. The second chapter deals with the analysis of the legislation that provides language policy in each Autonomous Community. The third chapter examines the knowledge and use of languages and on the basis of these results is trying to show how language legislation influences extending of languages and how is observed. The fourth chapter describes the process how were the Spanish languages gradually pushed through at the EU level and what Spain has reached till the present time.
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French Language in the European Institutions
SMEJKALOVÁ, Kateřina
Bachelor's thesis The position and the role of the French Language in the Institutions of European Union was written in french split into five chapters. The first chapter consists of theoretical analysis, describing the historical development of language policy from the 1958 treaty. This work is based on characteristic of function of language system in institutions. Special emphasis is given to an analysis of the reinforcement of the French language in the EU, both from institutions and from France and other organisations. A summary in Czech and a bilingual glossary are included.
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