Exploring Contested Authenticity among Speakers of a Contested Language: The Case of 'Francoprovençal'

Autor/in	Kasstan, Jonathan Richard
Titel	Exploring Contested Authenticity among Speakers of a Contested Language: The Case of 'Francoprovençal'
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 39 (2018) 5, S.382-393 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kasstan, Jonathan Richard)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
DOI	10.1080/01434632.2018.1429451
Schlagwörter	Sociolinguistics; French; Dialects; Interference (Language); Second Language Learning; Native Speakers; Obsolescence; Language Maintenance; Qualitative Research; Community Surveys; Foreign Countries; Semi Structured Interviews; Switzerland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziolinguistik; Französisch; Dialect; Dialekt; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Muttersprachler; Sprachpflege; Qualitative Forschung; Ausland; Schweiz
Abstract	This paper explores the notion of speaker authenticity in the context of obsolescent 'Francoprovençal': a highly fragmented grouping of Romance varieties spoken in parts of France, Italy, and Switzerland by less than 1% of the total regional population. While Francoprovençal has long been losing ground to the dominant language(s) with which it is in contact, new speakers have begun to emerge within the context of revitalisation movements and activities geared more favourable language planning policies and increased literacy. The emergence of these new speakers has polarised native-speaker communities, and has blurred the lines associated with the traditional view of sociolinguistic authenticity. Through an analysis of qualitative data collected in 2012, this article argues in particular that it may not be sufficient to simply examine contested authenticities from a native-non-native perspective, but rather it is important to consider how new speakers might themselves form a complex spectrum of speaker types with new sets of tensions as has been argued elsewhere. (As Provided).
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