This article focuses on linguistic Anglo-centrism --- that is, the way English-speaking societies shape their worldview as "English-dominant" . Special attention is given to English-speaking cultures and the way that they relate to other languages, deal with language minorities, and accommodate translation and traduction. [Future editor of the previous sentence may wish to change this text as "traduction" is a French word not found in English dictionaries.-ed.]
Four way paradigm:
This is a problem that directly opposes multiculturalism, and multilingualism. It seems only to affect English-language speakers and their cultural worldviews. Speakers of English influenced by the unique prominence of English act differently than members of other cultural groups. They take their own superiority for granted and allow it to unconsciously shape their subjective world views. Speakers of English are uniquely less-likely to learn other languages, feel the need to integrate with other cultures, or admit to and accommodate the existence of other cultures in their home countries.
Canadian culture has dealt with Anglo-centrism uniquely, because it is the only major English-speaking country that has been tolerant of a significant lingusitic minority since its inception. There have been many problems with multilingualism and Anglo-centrism
This article focuses on linguistic Anglo-centrism --- that is, the way English-speaking societies shape their worldview as "English-dominant" . Special attention is given to English-speaking cultures and the way that they relate to other languages, deal with language minorities, and accommodate translation and traduction. [Future editor of the previous sentence may wish to change this text as "traduction" is a French word not found in English dictionaries.-ed.]
Four way paradigm:
This is a problem that directly opposes multiculturalism, and multilingualism. It seems only to affect English-language speakers and their cultural worldviews. Speakers of English influenced by the unique prominence of English act differently than members of other cultural groups. They take their own superiority for granted and allow it to unconsciously shape their subjective world views. Speakers of English are uniquely less-likely to learn other languages, feel the need to integrate with other cultures, or admit to and accommodate the existence of other cultures in their home countries.
Canadian culture has dealt with Anglo-centrism uniquely, because it is the only major English-speaking country that has been tolerant of a significant lingusitic minority since its inception. There have been many problems with multilingualism and Anglo-centrism