English Only and Business

Francis M Hult fmhult at dolphin.upenn.edu
Tue Mar 6 22:32:20 UTC 2007


You might also find this book useful:

Del Valle, Sandra (2003).  Language Rights and the Law in the United States: Finding 
our Voices.  Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters.

Chapter 4 deals specifically with the workplace.

Francis Hult



On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 09:11:21AM -0500, Harold F. Schiffman wrote:
> Jennifer,
> 
> I did a quick google search and found a Findlaw article:
> 
> http://library.findlaw.com/1998/Dec/1/129118.html  So using Findlaw might
> give you some more stuff:  http://library.findlaw.com
> 
> Otherwise, I don't know of any comprehensive research review on this
> subject, but if you go to the archive of the lgpolicy-list, you can search
> for articles on the subject.  One there is on Navajo (in the workplace),
> another on New York building workers.
> 
> 
> Hal S.
> 
> 
> On Sat, 3 Mar 2007 jschlege at kutztown.edu wrote:
> 
> > A humble request for help:
> > I'm looking for a comprehensive examination of the ramifications of English Only policies (implied or real) in workplaces. Any
> > suggestions? A couple of anecdotes would be welcomed, too.
> >
> > Best,
> > Jen Schlegel
> >
> > Jennifer Schlegel, Ph. D.
> > jschlege at kutztown.edu
> > Department of Anthropology/Sociology
> > Kutztown University
> > P.O. Box 730
> > Kutztown, PA 19530
> > 610.683.4724
> >



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