Catalan Language in French Catalonia Today: A Case of Revernacularisation? A Path between Identity Recovery and Linguistic Heritage

Autor/in	Peytaví Deixona, Joan
Titel	Catalan Language in French Catalonia Today: A Case of Revernacularisation? A Path between Identity Recovery and Linguistic Heritage
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 42 (2021) 10, S.969-981 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
DOI	10.1080/01434632.2020.1827649
Schlagwörter	French; Romance Languages; Diachronic Linguistics; Language Maintenance; Language Attitudes; Political Influences; Laws; Language Planning; Language Skill Attrition; Foreign Countries; History; Spelling; Written Language; Dialects; Native Language; Language of Instruction; Geographic Regions; France + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Französisch; Romanische Sprache; Linguistics; Diachronische Sprachbetrachtung; Historische Linguistik; Sprachpflege; Sprachverhalten; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Law; Recht; Sprachwechsel; Sprachverfall; Ausland; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Schreibweise; Geschriebene Sprache; Dialect; Dialekt; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Frankreich
Abstract	This article concerns Northern Catalonia, the part of the Catalan-speaking area that today is in France. A Catalan-speaking region until the first half of the twentieth century, the effects of Frenchification -- the acceptance of the French political and economic project in the contemporary era -- and the multiple demographic changes of the twentieth century after World War II led this area to language interruption and linguistic substitution of French for Catalan. Despite this, the vernacular language is still maintained at the heart of society in natural and artificial ways. What role is there for the Catalan language in everyday life? What space for the Catalan language without official recognition in response to the massive influx of non-Catalan speakers? Catalan today is poorly spoken by very fragmented groups of speakers, a consequence of the substitution. Despite the situation, many inhabitants of French Catalonia express their everlasting desire for the language. School is often the instrument that allows the use of a language to be revitalised, but without the political desire, it will be very difficult for the language to prosper via this route. Solutions do exist: simply apply the existing laws, have a true policy in the media, exhibit responsible behaviour, etc. So if we do not want to think about the demise of the Catalan language in Northern or French Catalonia, must we still believe in replantation, revernacularisation, revitalisation, regeneration? In 2019, the Catalan language is in danger of death in France, but it is not dead yet. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01