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Download full textDressman, Michael R. – College Quarterly, 2005
It has been said that the difference between a dialect and a language is that a language has an international border and a flag. But that is not entirely true. Canada has a border, a flag, and two major languages, somewhat in the fashion of Belgium. Unlike Belgium, where they call the local varieties of French and Dutch "Walloon" and…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Foreign Countries, French, Bilingualism
Direct linkDressman, Michael R. – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2007
The study of the history of the English language can help students become aware of major issues in several academic fields, including history, literature, political science, anthropology, communication, economics, the Arts, and, of course, languages and linguistics. Even though instructors may not have an especially broad background in the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Humanities, English, Language Research
