Publications

Publication details [#51389]

Hornsby, David. 2009. Dedialectalization in France: convergence and divergence. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2009 (196-197) : 157–180.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

dialect obsolescence | geolinguistics | language variety | language vitality | vernacular

Language as a subject

French

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This paper argues that the nature of geolinguistic variation in France is changing profoundly; but new dialect varieties, representing independent vernacular norms, are rising.