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Redefining regional French : koinéization and dialect levelling in northern France
- Title
- Redefining regional French : koinéization and dialect levelling in northern France / David Hornsby.
- Author
- Hornsby, David, 1946 September 23-
- Publication
- London : Legenda, 2006.
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Details
- Description
- 162 pages; 26 cm.
- Summary
- "New regional varieties of French are currently emerging. The orthodox view considers them no more than an ephemeral dialect residue of little theoretical interest. Hornsby challenges that view by following the life cycle of an obsolescent urban Picard variety, spoken in a mining town in the Pas-de-Calais, and unravelling the complex reasons why some local variants survive and others perish. Applying a sociolinguist model developed by Peter Trudgill, Hornsby shows how the processes of levelling and simplification have given rise to a new, stable variety or koine. This is compared with other new urban varieties in Sweden and the UK, where different economic, social and demographic conditions have produced very different linguistic outcomes. Will the emergence of Regional French in the north herald the start of a new diversification of French in Europe?"--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Studies in linguistics ; 3
- Uniform Title
- Studies in linguistics (Oxford, England) ; 3.
- Subject
- Language obsolescence > France, Northern > History
- French language > Dialects > History. > France, Northern
- French language > Variation
- Langage et langues > Disparition > Histoire. > France (Nord)
- Français (Langue) > Dialectes > Histoire. > France (Nord)
- Français (Langue) > Variation
- French language > Dialects
- Language obsolescence
- Soziale Situation
- Soziolinguistik
- Mundart
- Sprachliche Minderheit
- Frans
- Dialecten
- Northern France
- Frankreich > Nord
- Noord-Frankrijk
- Französisch
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-158) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. The rise and fall of dialects in France -- 3. Sources of variation in the Bassin minier -- 4. Variation and change in the Bassin minier -- 5. Understanding regional and social variation -- 6. Redefining regional French -- 7. Is dialect death inevitable? -- App. I. Full list of informants -- App. II. Cohesion scores at clause level.
- ISBN
- 190435050X
- 9781904350507
- LCCN
- 2007386694
- 9781904350507
- OCLC
- ocm70119846
- 70119846
- SCSB-8809560
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library