French language policies and the revitalisation of regional languages in the 21st century. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Michelle A. Harrison, Aurélie Joubert.
• Editors: Harrison, Michelle A; Joubert, Aurélie
• Contents: Foreword: Regional language policy for a 21st-century Republic; Leigh Oakes.- Chapter 1: Introduction: Shifting dynamics in French language policies; Michelle A. Harrison and Aurélie Joubert.- Part I Reconsidering boundaries: languages, dialects and translingual practices.- Chapter 2: Linguistic Classification: The Persistent Challenge of the Langues d'oïl; Patrick Seán McCrea.- Chapter 3: Opposition to the process of language identification and standardisation in 'Limousin Occitan' and 'Poitevin-Saintongeais'; Jean-Christophe Dourdet.- Chapter 4: Challenging diglossic models: Translingual practices in La Réunion; Natalia Bremner.- Part II New dynamics in the communities: transmission, identity relations and the emergence of new speakers.- Chapter 5: Evolution of linguistic identity in a super-region: the case of Catalans and Occitans in Occitanie; Aurélie Joubert.- Chapter 6: Diffusion and transmission of Francoprovençal: A study of speakers' linguistic conscience; Giovanni Depau.- Chapter 7: On new speakers and language revitalisation: Arpitan and community (re)formation; Jonathan Kasstan.- Part III The perception of regional languages: visibility and modernity.- Chapter 8: Gastronomy, Football, and Resistance: The multi-faceted visibility of Corsican in the Linguistic Landscape; H. William Amos.- Chapter 9: Picard in the digital world: A language that is seen; Jean-Michel Eloy, Fanny Martin and Cécile Mathieu.- Chapter 10: Publishing in a regional language: the case of Breton in the 21st century; Hervé Baudry.- Part IV The long-term impact of French public policy and the resistance to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.- Chapter 11: Public language policy and the revitalisation of Basque; Jean-Baptiste Coyos.- Chapter 12: The evolution of regional language maintenance in southern Alsace and Northern Catalonia: A longitudinal study of two regional communities; Judith Broadbridge and Dawn Marley.- Chapter 13: The influence of teachers' language attitudes on classroom practices in Alsace; Michelle A. Harrison.- Chapter 14: The langues de France and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages: keeping ratification at bay through disinformation – 2014–2015; Geoffrey Roger.- Chapter 15: Epilogue; Robert J. Blackwood.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 306.440944; Language revival -- France; Language policy -- France; French language -- Dialects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319959399
• Related ISBNs: 9783319959382
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