Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
  1. Home
  2. Search

Refine search

Refine search

Access:
Content type:
Publication date:
Apply   From and To filters
Subject: Show more
Journals Show more
Publishers: Show more
Societies Show more
Series: Show more
Collections: Show more

Actions for selected content:

Select all | Deselect all
  • View selected items
  • Export citations
  • Download PDF (zip)
  • Save to Kindle
  • Save to Dropbox
  • Save to Google Drive

Save Search

You can save your searches here and later view and run them again in "My saved searches".

Please provide a title, maximum of 40 characters.
Cancel
×

3 results

  • Langue et discrimination au Canada

  • Fernand de Varennes
  • Journal:
    Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence / Volume 5 / Issue 2 / July 1992
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    09 June 2015, pp. 321-355

  • [L]anguage is not merely a means of interpersonal communication and influence. It is not merely a carrier of content, whether latent or manifest. Language itself is content, a reference to loyalties and animosities, an indicator of social statuses and personal relationships, a marker of situations and topics as well as of the societal goals and the large-scale value-laden arenas of interaction that typify every speech community.

    L’importance des droits en matière linguistique est fondée sur le rôle essentiel que joue la langue dans l’existence, le développement et la dignité de l’être humain. C’est par la langue que nous pouvons former des concepts, structurer et ordonner le monde autour de nous. Le langage constitue le pont entre l’isolement et la collectivité, qui permet aux êtres humains de délimiter les droits et obligations qu’ils ont les uns envers les autres, et ainsi vivre en société.