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Publication details [#39516]

Blanchet, Philippe. 2004. Provençal as a distinct language? Sociolinguistic patterns revealed by a recent public and political debate. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 169 : 125–150.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

political discussion | sociolinguistics | standard1 vs. dialect2

Language as a subject

French, Provençal

Place, Publisher

Walter de Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

This paper argues that the great debate, at the occasion of the French government's announcement in 1998 on the possible ratification of the 'European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages', again launched the discussion whether Provençal should be considered a dialect of a single Occitan language, or a distinct language.