LIN 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Monophthongization, Appalachian English, Double Negative
12 May 2016
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--public attitudes appear to support making english the official language of the us 83% --multilingualism in the us is also a historical fact ; the percent of americans who could not speak english was greater at many times in the past than it is today. --the absence of any official federal language policy throughout us history is a very significant. --official language policies in many countries" enshrine multilingualism and minority language rights. --official policies declaring one official language are most common where the de facto situation is not straightforward (english is not official in great britain or australia) This is the most common argument that one hears: providing government services and materials in other languages is expensive, thus an unnecessary burden for taxpayers. --one rarely hears of any serious studies of the actual costs, or of any cost-benefit analysis (vote) --fairness frequently cost something (compare the americans with disabilities act) civil rights issue.
