Publications

Publication details [#47026]

Vassberg, Liliane M. 1993. Alsatian Acts of Identity. Language Use and Language Attitudes in Alsace. (Multilingual Matters). Multilingual Matters. 196 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

identity negotiation | language attitude | language choice | multilingualism | psychology

Annotation

This book explores language choice, language attitudes and ethnic identity negotiation in contemporary Alsace (France), where a German dialect lost way to French since 1945. It demonstrates the complex connection between language and identity change and historical, social and psychological processes.