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

Michelle A. Harrison is Teaching Fellow in French Studies at the University of Leicester, UK. She has published on regional language-in-education policy and the evolution of language beliefs in Alsace. Aurélie Joubert is Lecturer in French Studies at Queen's University Belfast, UK. She has published on language endangerment and transnational speakers' attitudes in particular with respect to Occitan and Catalan.

Foreword: Regional language policy for a 21st-century Republic; Leigh Oakes.- Chapter 1: Introduction: Shifting dynamics in French language policies; Michelle A. Harrison and Aurélie Joubert.- Part I Reconsidering boundaries: languages, dialects and translingual practices.- Chapter 2: Linguistic Classification: The Persistent Challenge of the Langues d'oïl; Patrick Seán McCrea.- Chapter 3: Opposition to the process of language identification and standardisation in 'Limousin Occitan' and 'Poitevin-Saintongeais'; Jean-Christophe Dourdet.- Chapter 4: Challenging diglossic models: Translingual practices in La Réunion; Natalia Bremner.- Part II New dynamics in the communities: transmission, identity relations and the emergence of new speakers.- Chapter 5: Evolution of linguistic identity in a super-region: the case of Catalans and Occitans in Occitanie; Aurélie Joubert.- Chapter 6: Diffusion and transmission of Francoprovençal: A study of speakers' linguistic conscience; Giovanni Depau.- Chapter 7: On new speakers and language revitalisation: Arpitan and community (re)formation; Jonathan Kasstan.- Part III The perception of regional languages: visibility and modernity.- Chapter 8: Gastronomy, Football, and Resistance: The multi-faceted visibility of Corsican in the Linguistic Landscape; H. William Amos.- Chapter 9: Picard in the digital world: A language that is seen; Jean-Michel Eloy, Fanny Martin and Cécile Mathieu.- Chapter 10: Publishing in a regional language: the case of Breton in the 21st century; Hervé Baudry.- Part IV The long-term impact of French public policy and the resistance to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.- Chapter 11: Public language policy and the revitalisation of Basque; Jean-Baptiste Coyos.- Chapter 12: The evolution of regional language maintenance in southern Alsace and Northern Catalonia: A longitudinal study of two regional communities; Judith Broadbridge and Dawn Marley.- Chapter 13: The influence of teachers' languageattitudes on classroom practices in Alsace; Michelle A. Harrison.- Chapter 14: The langues de France and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages: keeping ratification at bay through disinformation - 2014-2015; Geoffrey Roger.- Chapter 15: Epilogue; Robert J. Blackwood.