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Discourses of minority francophone space: The emergent role of an Acadian cultural center

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 October 2014

Kelle L. Keating
Kelle L. Keating*
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International Studies and Languages Division, Pepperdine University, 24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA 90263-7446, USAkkeating@pepperdine.edu
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Abstract

Recent studies documenting minority linguistic space in urban settings have focused on cities' linguistic landscapes, and external signage is often taken to index linguistic practices within businesses, government offices, and other establishments. To shed light on linguistic practices in culturally significant spaces of this sort, it is helpful to consider social actors' discursive construction of the spaces themselves. This article describes discourses of minority francophone space elicited from members and associates of Moncton, New Brunswick's Centre culturel Aberdeen. The data are analyzed according to Lefebvre's (1974/1991) conceived, perceived, and lived spaces and Heller & Labrie's (2004) modernizing and globalizing discourses. The present findings demonstrate that, while Aberdeen's conceived space is francophone, other languages are spoken in Aberdeen's perceived space. Participants also describe Aberdeen's lived space as bilingual, mediating between anglophones and francophones. These discourses, coupled with changes in the Centre's charter, suggest an emergent, plural conception of minority francophone space. (Francophone, minority, Canada, Acadian, discourse, social space)*

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Language in Society , Volume 43 , Issue 5 , November 2014 , pp. 515 - 538
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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