ABSTRACT
Three basic models guide language policy.1 At opposite poles, the integration (sometimes called harmonisation, or assimilation) model advocates adoption/ promotion of a single language, while the maintenance (sometimes called nationalist, or survival) model tends to the view that (all) languages should be preserved. In between, the multilingualism (or equal recognition) model holds that some public recognition and support should be provided for languages when they interact, but rejects the idea that survival of each language is of paramount importance. I favour this last view (Réaume 1991, 1995).
