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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300602603321

Autore

Hawkey James

Titolo

Language Attitudes and Minority Rights [[electronic resource] ] : The Case of Catalan in France / / by James Hawkey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-74597-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 pages)

Disciplina

449.97

Soggetti

Sociolinguistics

Linguistic minorities

Language policy

Area studies

Linguistic anthropology

Phonology

Minority Languages

Language Policy and Planning

Area Studies

Linguistic Anthropology

Phonology and Phonetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a detailed sociolinguistic study of the traditionally Catalan-speaking areas of Southern France, and sheds new light on language attitudes, phonetic variation, language ideologies and minority language rights. The region’s complex dual identity, both Catalan and French, both peripheral and strategic, is shown to be reflected in the book’s attitudinal findings which in turn act as reliable predictors of phonetic variation. The author’s careful discursive analysis paints a clear picture of the linguistic ideological landscape: in which French dominates as the language of status and prestige. This innovative work, employing cutting-edge mixed methods, provides an



in-depth account of an under-examined language situation, and draws on this research to propose a number of policy recommendations to protect minority rights for speakers of Catalan in the region. Combining language attitudes, sociophonetics, discourse studies, and language policy, this will provide an invaluable reference for scholars of French and Catalan studies and minority languages around the world.