Dial 581-FROG : The Struggle over Self-Naming by Franco-Americans in Maine

Peterson, Eric E.

Essay exploring the 1989 controversy surrounding the Maine State Legislature's protest over the University of Maine Franco-American Centre's use of the word "frog" in advertising its telephone number: 581-FROG. A case-study in communication research that identifies the divergences between Franco American legislators and Franco American university activists in terms of their attitudes toward language, self-naming, and dominant modes of discourse. Brief historical background.

Verlag für Interkulturelle Kommunikation

1991

en

Book

1989-1991

Maine

3889391664

185-193

Frankfurt, Germany