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View article: Josiane Boutet’s sociolinguistic contributions in context
Josiane Boutet’s sociolinguistic contributions in context Open
Josiane Boutet is a key figure in French sociolinguistics, known for her pioneering work on language practices and their intersection with power, education, and the workplace. This paper explores the intellectual and historical contexts of…
View article: Why language revitalization fails: Revivalist vs. traditional ontologies of language in Provence
Why language revitalization fails: Revivalist vs. traditional ontologies of language in Provence Open
This article asks why the Occitan language revitalization movement, which began in the 1850s, failed to convince the vast majority of Occitan speakers. Traditional explanations focus on social conflict, alienation, and diglossic ideologies…
View article: A materialist take on minoritization, emancipation, and language revitalization: Occitan sociolinguistics since the 1970s
A materialist take on minoritization, emancipation, and language revitalization: Occitan sociolinguistics since the 1970s Open
This paper introduces and discusses Occitan sociolinguistics as it evolved from the 1970s onward as a theory of language contact as conflict. It was developed in conjunction with its Catalan counterpart and as a reaction to Joshua Fishman'…
View article: Standard Language(s)
Standard Language(s) Open
Language standardization is approached here through the main debates that inform reflection on majority and minority language standardization in Europe and beyond. Beyond the main contemporary debates, it frames standardization as the outc…
View article: Through the looking glass
Through the looking glass Open
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View article: The Indexical Reordering of Language in Times of Crisis: Nation, Region, and the Rebranding of Place in Shetland and Western Ireland
The Indexical Reordering of Language in Times of Crisis: Nation, Region, and the Rebranding of Place in Shetland and Western Ireland Open
This article analyzes how under conditions of crisis certain social actors shift the metasemiotic frames through which minority languages may be approached in order to suit place-branding purposes and to make them more widely accessible fo…
View article: Can Schools Dispense with Standard Language? Some Unintended Consequences of Introducing <scp>S</scp>cots in a <scp>S</scp>cottish Primary School
Can Schools Dispense with Standard Language? Some Unintended Consequences of Introducing <span>S</span>cots in a <span>S</span>cottish Primary School Open
This article analyzes some unintended consequences of the introduction of S cots, S cotland's nonstandardized vernacular, in a primary school. I show that the lack of established definition of the language or standardization entails three …
View article: New speakers, new language: on being a legitimate speaker of a minority language in Provence
New speakers, new language: on being a legitimate speaker of a minority language in Provence Open
This article looks at the “new speaker” concept and the questions it raises in terms of legitimacy from the point of view of several types of social actors, namely language advocates, academics and school pupils (that is to say, “new speak…