Les langues écrites du monde

Les langues écrites du monde
Author: Centre international de recherche en aménagement linguistique
Publisher: Québec: Les Presses de l'Université Laval
Total Pages: 682
Release: 1978
Genre: Language and languages
ISBN:

Linguistics

Linguistics
Author: Anna L. DeMiller
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2000-01-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0313078106

Thoroughly revised and updated with some 500 new entries-including the addition of pertinent Internet sites-this is the only bibliographic guide to information sources for linguistics. Coverage spans from 1957, the publication date of Chomsky's seminal work, to the present, with emphasis on English-language resources. DeMiller's detailed citations describe and evaluate each work, often offering comparisons to similar titles. Its broad coverage and in-depth reviews make this work essential to the research and study of general or theoretical linguistics. The book is also indispensable in the related areas of anthropological linguistics, applied linguistics, mathematical and computation linguistics, psycholinguistics, semiotics, and sociolinguistics, which are all treated in separate chapters, as well as the study of language and languages from a linguistic perspective. A must for any library supporting the study of linguistics or its related fields, this is a valuable reference and research tool. It i

French Language Policies and the Revitalisation of Regional Languages in the 21st Century

French Language Policies and the Revitalisation of Regional Languages in the 21st Century
Author: Michelle A. Harrison
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2018-11-11
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3319959395

This edited volume presents an analysis of the evolution of French language policies and their impact on French regional languages and their communities. It gathers studies on language revitalisation from several territorial minority languages (Breton, Alsatian, Catalan, Occitan, Basque, Corsican, Francoprovençal, Picard, Reunionese) and evaluates the challenges and opportunities that they face in the 21st century. The chapters tackle different aspects of language endangerment and language planning and adopt varied theoretical and methodological approaches. The first section of the book reconsiders the difficulties in establishing linguistic boundaries and classification for some regional languages. The second section examines the important theme of the new generation of speakers with issues of transmission and identity formation and the changes they can bring to traditional communities. The third section highlights new developments in the context of new technologies and the heightened visibility of regional languages. Finally, the last section presents an overview of the contemporary situation of minority language revitalisation in France and synthesises the key trends identified in this volume: from the educational domain to the European Charter for Minority and Regional languages. This book will appeal to students and scholars of the sociology of language, sociolinguistics, language policy, minority languages and language endangerment.