Beyond obsolescence: a twenty-first century research agenda for the langues régionales. Issue 2 (July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hall, Damien; Kasstan, Jonathan R.; Hornsby, David
• Editors: Kasstan, Jonathan R.; Hall, Damien J.; Hornsby, David C.
• Is Part Of: Journal of French language studies. Volume 29:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 155
• Page End: 168
• Publication Date: 2019-07
• Subjects: French language -- Periodicals; 440.5
• DOI: 10.1017/S095926951900019X
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0959-2695

Abstract

Abstract : This Special Issue of the Journal of French Language Studies celebrates a recent surge in enthusiasm for sociolinguistic studies involving the regional languages of France. Taking our cue from the contributions to the volume, which we introduce here, we argue that a changing twenty-first century landscape offers an exciting new agenda for these regional languages (and minority languages more widely), and set out what we see as six key directions for contemporary research.