ISBN:
9781137300157
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (197 p)
Series Statement:
Palgrave Studies in Languages at War
Series Statement:
Palgrave Studies in Languages at War Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Regional Language Policies in France during World War II
DDC:
306.44/944
Keywords:
Sociolinguistics
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
〈p 〉During Germany's occupation of France in WWII, French regional languages became a way for people to assert their local identities. This book offers a detailed historical sociolinguistic analysis of the various language policies applied in France's regions (Brittany, Southern France, Corsica and Alsace) before, during and after WWII
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Presentation; 1.2 Theoretical considerations; 1.2.1 Problems and obstacles; 1.2.2 Epistemological framework; 1.2.3 Research hypotheses; 1.2.4 Basic concepts; 1.3 Research data; 1.3.1 Rationale for the selection of the regional languages included in this book; 1.3.2 Temporal frame; 1.4 Structure of the book; 2 History of 'Top-Down' Policy towards Regional Languages in France; 2.1 The Old Regime; 2.1.1 Sixteenth century; 2.1.2 Seventeenth century; 2.1.3 Eighteenth century; 2.2 The French Revolution
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2.3 The Third Republic (1871-1940)2.4 World War I (1914-1918); 3 Brittany; 3.1 Origins of the Breton identity; 3.2 Nineteenth century - First Emsav; 3.3 The second period of Emsav; 3.3.1 World War I; 3.3.2 The idea of Pan-Celticism; 3.3.3 The political wing of the Second Emsav; 3.3.4 The linguistic wing of the Second Emsav; 3.4 World War II; 3.4.1 Collaboration and resistance; 3.4.2 Standardization of Breton; 3.4.3 Implementation of Néo-Breton; 3.4.4 Introduction of Néo-Breton in schools; 3.4.5 Radio Rennes; 3.5 After the war; 3.5.1 Settling accounts; 3.5.2 Towards a third period of Emsav
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3.5.3 The Néo-Breton controversy4 Southern France; 4.1 Historical sociolinguistic background; 4.2 Occitan's two norms; 4.3 Catalan and Catalanism; 4.4 Occitan and Catalan; 4.5 Occitanism; 4.6 World War II; 4.6.1 The establishment of the 'French State'; 4.6.2 The 'National Revolution' and regionalism; 4.6.3 Teaching of the Oc language; 4.6.4 'Cahiers du Sud' as the founding text of new Occitanism; 4.7 After the war; 5 Corsica; 5.1 Historical sociolinguistic background; 5.1.1 Before French rule; 5.1.2 The frenchification of Corsica; 5.2 The interwar period; 5.2.1 World War I and its effects
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5.2.2 Corsism5.2.3 Irredentism; 5.2.4 Disagreements among Corsists; 5.2.5 Corsican Italians; 5.3 World War II; 5.3.1 On the verge of World War II; 5.3.2 Under the Vichy Regime; 5.3.3 Language behaviour in Corsica during the Italian Occupation; 5.3.4 The liberation of Corsica; 5.4 After the war; 6 Alsace; 6.1 The Alsatian distinctiveness; 6.2 Historical sociolinguistic background; 6.2.1 Alsace before 1871; 6.2.2 1871-1918; 6.3 The interwar period: the 'Alsatian malaise' and the autonomist movement; 6.3.1 The frenchification of Alsace; 6.3.2 The acceptance by France of some concessions
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6.3.3 The emergence of the autonomist movement6.4 World War II; 6.4.1 The evacuation; 6.4.2 The de facto annexation of Alsace; 6.4.3 Ethnic purification; 6.4.4 The germanization of Alsace; 6.4.5 Nazi 'corpus planning' in Alsace and Moselle; 6.4.6 Languages in the educational system and in the church; 6.4.7 The 'malgré-nous'; 6.4.8 The attempt to purge the Alsatian dialect; 6.5 After World War II; 7 Evaluation and Assessment of Regional LanguagePolicies and Regionalist Movements in France during World War II; 7.1 Presentation
Description / Table of Contents:
7.2 What was behind the standardization of regional languages during the war?
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