Graph showing growth and decline
of various cultural, demographic, and historical forces
that combine to produce American Linguistic Culture
and its covert language policy.

H. Schiffman
Handout for LING 540

Table 1: Growth and Decline of Various Factors


 
Factors
Situation in 1776
Situation in 1790
1820's, 1830's
Situation in 1850
Situation in 1890
Situation in 1918
    Westward Expansion
   Into Ohio Valley (see map)
    Americanization through Schooling
     
     
  
    Tolerance 
       Rise of Know-Nothing Party
    Nativism, Xenophobia 
      
    Immigration
    
    Secularization of Society
    and Schools
     
    Increased Centralization of Power in Federal Government
       Growth of Railroads; Civil War
    Pragmatism 
    
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