1. Oc-Lite: Why Aren't the Occitans More Like the Catalans?
- Author
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Priest, Kathryn
- Subjects
ATTITUDES toward language ,SOCIOLINGUISTICS ,ROMANCE languages ,OCCITAN language ,CATALAN language -- Social aspects ,DIALECTS ,FRENCH language education ,LANGUAGE policy ,LANGUAGE & languages - Abstract
The article presents information about language attitudes and behavior regarding regional languages in France. Languages under discussion include Occitan and Catalan. Topics addressed include the relations between language use and self-perception, as well as group identity within speech communities. A history of Occitan revivalist movements is given, and research results are presented from a study of language attitudes in Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Survey questions and responses are provided, which discuss the voluntary learning of regional languages, immersion language teaching, and French government policy for regional language.
- Published
- 2008