EAN: 9783319745961

LANGUAGE ATTITUDES AND MINORITY RIGHTS - JAMES ...

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.

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