Regional Language Policies in France During World War II

ISBN-13: 9781137300157 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 186 str.

Aviv Amit

Opis

Although the promotion of the French language was highly centralized, until World War II regional languages in France were able to survive as they helped maintain and assert 'little homeland' identities in their respective regions. This became increasingly difficult during Germany's occupation of France in World War II, when the struggle to preserve regional languages and local identities rapidly became more overt and political. This book offers a detailed historical sociolinguistic analysis of the various language policies applied in France's regions (Brittany, Southern France, Corsica and Alsace) before, during and after WWII, making it of particular interest to researchers of both language policy and French history.

Recenzje

"Amit's book certainly makes a vital contribution to the scholarly field of French language policy, French history, and national minorities through a historical-sociolinguistic lens. Graduate students and scholars working in these areas will find the historical-sociolinguistic trajectories of the various language policies applied in France's regions stimulating and thought-provoking." (Elisabeth Barakos, Journal of Language and Politics, Vol. 18 (3), 2019)

"In this rich and ambitious book ... Aviv Amit sets out to compare the wartime sociolinguistic trajectories of four of France's minority-language communities, namely Breton, Occitan, Corsican and Alsatian. ... this book certainly makes recommended reading for anyone interested in French language policy or French national minorities." (Geoffrey Roger, Language Policy, Vol. 15, 2016)

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. History of 'Top-down' Policy towards Regional Languages in France 3. Brittany 4. Southern France 5. Corsica 6. Alsace 7. Evaluation and Assessment of Regional Language Policies and Regionalist Movements in France During World War II 8. From Exclusion to Inclusion? The Post-war Effects on Regional Languages in France 9. Conclusions ?

O autorze

Aviv Amit is a Teaching Fellow at the Department of French Studies in Tel Aviv University, Israel. He has published numerous articles and a book in the area of sociolinguistics, language policy and language contacts.