SOCIOLOGICAL AND CULTUROLOGICAL RESULTS OF LANGUAGE REFERENDUMS IN THE USA AT THE END OF THE XXTH - THE BEGINNING OF THE XXIST CENTURIES
Skachkova Irina Ivanovna
Volgograd Academy of State Service
Abstract. The article describes the referendums carried out in the USA in 1980-2002 finding out the Americans' attitude to bilingual education, ballot papers in other languages, except English and the official status of the English language.The author pays special attention to the sociological and culturological results of these referendums.
Key words and phrases: доминирующий язык, миноритарный язык, билингвизм, двуязычное образование, языковые меньшинства, референдум, официальный язык, dominating language, minority language, bilingualism, bilingual education, language minorities, referendum, official language
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