The State, the Activists and the Islanders

Description: The State, the Activists and the Islanders Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). Language Policy on Corsica Author(s): Robert J. Blackwood Format: Paperback Publisher: Springer, Netherlands Imprint: Springer ISBN-13: 9789048178636, 978-9048178636 Synopsis This analysis of language policy on Corsica provides the first study of the three levels of language policy existing on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. It focuses on the key participants - the State, the language activists and the islanders - in the language debate that has taken place across the island since its purchase by France. This book is informed by recent work on language planning, both theoretical and relating to specific case studies. At the same time, it engages with trends in sociolinguistics over the past decades, which have included language planning in their investigations of languages in contact, language obsolescence and language death. A central premise of this book is that the three discrete categories of participants in the language debate are closely interrelated and that the status and position of Corsican in relation to French cannot be understood without a thorough exploration of these three strands. This volume will appeal to researchers and students in French Studies, sociolinguistics, and especially language policy.

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