Calvin Veltman is an American sociologist, demographer and sociolinguist at the Université du Québec à Montréal. His research interests include language and nationalism, language shift, language and ethnicity, language planning, and public policy regarding language. Sociology is the study of the social lives of humans, groups and societies. ... Map of countries by population Population growth showing projections for later this century Demography is the scientific study of human population dynamics. ... Sociolinguistics is the study of the effect of any and all aspects of society, including cultural norms, expectations, and context, on the way language is used. ... The Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM or UQÀM) is one of six universities in Montreal, Quebec. ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix Nationalism is an ideology [1] that holds that a nation is the fundamental unit for human social life, and takes precedence over any other social and political principles. ... Language shift is the process whereby an entire speech community of a language shifts to speaking another language. ... This article or section should be merged with ethnic group Ethnicity is the cultural characteristics that connect a particular group or groups of people to each other. ... Language planning refers to deliberate efforts to influence the behaviour of others with respect to the acquisition, structure, or functional allocation of language. ...

His more important publications on language shift in the United States, Quebec (Canada) and Alsace (France) follow: Language shift is the process whereby an entire speech community of a language shifts to speaking another language. ... Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Official languages French Flower Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor Linné) Tree Yellow Birch Bird Snowy Owl Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Lieutenant-Governor Lise Thibault Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 75 24 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of... Location Administration Capital Strasbourg Regional President Adrien Zeller (UMP) (since 1996) Départements Bas-Rhin Haut-Rhin Arrondissements 13 Cantons 75 Communes 903 Statistics Land area1 8,280 km² Population (Ranked 14th)  - January 1, 2005 est. ...

The United States

• "Anglicization in the United States: the Importance of Parental Nativity and Language Practice", 1981 (International Journal of the Sociology of Language)
• "Anglicization in the United States: Language Environment and Language Practice of American Adolescents", 1983 (International Journal of the Sociology of Language)
• Language Shift in the United States, 1983 (Mouton-de Gruyter)
• L'avenir du français aux États-Unis, 1987 (Conseil de la langue française, Québec)
• The Future of the Spanish Language in the United States, 1988 (Hispanic Policy Development Project)
• "Modelling the Language Shift Process of Hispanic Immigrants", 1989 (International Migration Review)
• "The Status of the Spanish Language in the United States at the Beginning of the 21st Century", 1990 (International Migration Review)
• "The American Linguistic Mosaic: Understanding Languages Shift in the United States", 2000 (in McKay and Wong, eds)

For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... Anglicisation is a process of making something English. ... French (français, spelled françois until 1835, both pronounced in standard French, but often heard pronounced ), or French language (langue française, formerly langue françoise, both pronounced ), is the third of the Romance languages in terms of number of speakers, after Spanish and Portuguese. ... This article is about the international language known as Spanish. ... Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ...

Quebec (Canada)

• Les Grecs du quartier Parc Extension, 1984 (Institut national de la recherche scientifique: urbanisation)
• L'intégration sociolinguistique des Québecois d'origine portugaise, 1985 (Institut national de la recherche scientifique: urbanisation)
• L'adaptation des immigrants de la décennie 1980, 1993 (Ministère des communautés culturelles et de l'immigration, Québec)
• "Using Field Methods to Assess the Validity of the Canadian Census", 1985 (in P. Nelde, ed.)
• "The English Language in Quebec, 1940-1990", 1995 (in Fishman, ed.)
• "The Interpretation of the Language Questions of the Canadian Census", 1985 (Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology)
• "Assessing the Impact of Quebec's Language Legislation", 1986 (Canadian Public Policy
• Concentration ethnique et usages linguistiques en milieu scolaire, 1999 (Immigration et métropoles)

Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Official languages French Flower Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor Linné) Tree Yellow Birch Bird Snowy Owl Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Lieutenant-Governor Lise Thibault Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 75 24 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of... This article or section should be merged with Hellenes Greeks in Ancient History In Latin literature, Græci (or Greeks, in English) is the name by which Hellenes are known. ... Sociolinguistics is the study of the effect of any and all aspects of society, including cultural norms, expectations, and context, on the way language is used. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Alsace (France)

• Le déclin du dialecte alsacien, 1989 (Presses universitaires de Strasbourg)
• "La régression du dialecte", 1982 (Institut Nationale de la Statistique et des Études Économiques)
• "La transmission de l'alsacien dans le milieu familial", 1983 (Revue des sciences sociales de la France de l'Est)
• "L'usage de l'alsacien du milieu urbain", 1984 (Actes du IIe colloque internationale des démographes de langue française)
• "Assimilation linguistique des alsaciens: politiques officielles, évolution, tendances actuelles", 1987 (Éditions de l'ORSTOM)
• "Usages linguistiques en Alsace : présentation d'une enquête et premiers résultats", 1988 (International Journal of the Sociology of Language)