The article analyzes the language issue in some American states in the last quarter of the ХХ – b... more The article analyzes the language issue in some American states in the last quarter of the ХХ – beginning of the ХХІ century as one of the factors of national identity. The authors put forward the thesis that the factor of the English language is one of the starting points in terms of self-identification as an American. It was determined that the majority of American states were bilingual, as a result of which it was allowed to maintain state documentation in two or three languages. At the same time, a significant part of Americans determined that the language of Americans is English, and therefore it is necessary to recognize a single official language for state document circulation, teaching in educational institutions, etc. The presented processes became especially vivid in the southern states, where there were significant centers of the non-English-speaking population associated with continuous migration from Latin American countries. Partial Latinization of some states in the m...
The article analyzes the language issue in some American states in the last quarter of the ХХ – b... more The article analyzes the language issue in some American states in the last quarter of the ХХ – beginning of the ХХІ century as one of the factors of national identity. The authors put forward the thesis that the factor of the English language is one of the starting points in terms of self-identification as an American. It was determined that the majority of American states were bilingual, as a result of which it was allowed to maintain state documentation in two or three languages. At the same time, a significant part of Americans determined that the language of Americans is English, and therefore it is necessary to recognize a single official language for state document circulation, teaching in educational institutions, etc. The presented processes became especially vivid in the southern states, where there were significant centers of the non-English-speaking population associated with continuous migration from Latin American countries. Partial Latinization of some states in the m...
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