LING 115gw Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Peace Corps, Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, African American Vernacular English

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Usa population was created by waves of immigrant settlers. O cial language policy & attitudes towards languages other than english. First settlers: north east asians that came from across a land bridge called the bering strait. 1790 census: 90% of the us population at the time spoke english. English-speakers attitudes towards other languages (up until 18th century) General attitude: tolerance, no repression but also no support. Europe, asia --> led to paranoia among the. English is the only medium of instruction per the gov"t. Before french and german were mediums of instruction in areas where they were dominantly spoken. Instead they are taught as a subject (as a "foreign language") 19th century to mid-20th century: pressure on languages other than english. 1882: chinese exclusion act stops all chinese immigration until the act was repealed in. Triggers new pressure on germans in the us. Pressure to force the discontinuation of german even as a "subject" in schools.

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