Regional Language Policies in France during World War II [electronic resource] /
Amit, A.author.
During Germany's occupation of France in WWII, French regional languages became a way for people to assert their local identities. This book offers a detailed historical sociolinguistic analysis of the various language policies applied in France's regions (Brittany, Southern France, Corsica and Alsace) before, during and after WWII.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Presentation; 1.2 Theoretical considerations; 1.2.1 Problems and obstacles; 1.2.2 Epistemological framework; 1.2.3 Research hypotheses; 1.2.4 Basic concepts; 1.3 Research data; 1.3.1 Rationale for the selection of the regional languages included in this book; 1.3.2 Temporal frame; 1.4 Structure of the book; 2 History of 'Top-Down' Policy towards Regional Languages in France; 2.1 The Old Regime; 2.1.1 Sixteenth century; 2.1.2 Seventeenth century; 2.1.3 Eighteenth century; 2.2 The French Revolution
2.3 The Third Republic (1871-1940)2.4 World War I (1914-1918); 3 Brittany; 3.1 Origins of the Breton identity; 3.2 Nineteenth century - First Emsav; 3.3 The second period of Emsav; 3.3.1 World War I; 3.3.2 The idea of Pan-Celticism; 3.3.3 The political wing of the Second Emsav; 3.3.4 The linguistic wing of the Second Emsav; 3.4 World War II; 3.4.1 Collaboration and resistance; 3.4.2 Standardization of Breton; 3.4.3 Implementation of Néo-Breton; 3.4.4 Introduction of Néo-Breton in schools; 3.4.5 Radio Rennes; 3.5 After the war; 3.5.1 Settling accounts; 3.5.2 Towards a third period of Emsav
3.5.3 The Néo-Breton controversy4 Southern France; 4.1 Historical sociolinguistic background; 4.2 Occitan's two norms; 4.3 Catalan and Catalanism; 4.4 Occitan and Catalan; 4.5 Occitanism; 4.6 World War II; 4.6.1 The establishment of the 'French State'; 4.6.2 The 'National Revolution' and regionalism; 4.6.3 Teaching of the Oc language; 4.6.4 'Cahiers du Sud' as the founding text of new Occitanism; 4.7 After the war; 5 Corsica; 5.1 Historical sociolinguistic background; 5.1.1 Before French rule; 5.1.2 The frenchification of Corsica; 5.2 The interwar period; 5.2.1 World War I and its effects
5.2.2 Corsism5.2.3 Irredentism; 5.2.4 Disagreements among Corsists; 5.2.5 Corsican Italians; 5.3 World War II; 5.3.1 On the verge of World War II; 5.3.2 Under the Vichy Regime; 5.3.3 Language behaviour in Corsica during the Italian Occupation; 5.3.4 The liberation of Corsica; 5.4 After the war; 6 Alsace; 6.1 The Alsatian distinctiveness; 6.2 Historical sociolinguistic background; 6.2.1 Alsace before 1871; 6.2.2 1871-1918; 6.3 The interwar period: the 'Alsatian malaise' and the autonomist movement; 6.3.1 The frenchification of Alsace; 6.3.2 The acceptance by France of some concessions
6.3.3 The emergence of the autonomist movement6.4 World War II; 6.4.1 The evacuation; 6.4.2 The de facto annexation of Alsace; 6.4.3 Ethnic purification; 6.4.4 The germanization of Alsace; 6.4.5 Nazi 'corpus planning' in Alsace and Moselle; 6.4.6 Languages in the educational system and in the church; 6.4.7 The 'malgré-nous'; 6.4.8 The attempt to purge the Alsatian dialect; 6.5 After World War II; 7 Evaluation and Assessment of Regional LanguagePolicies and Regionalist Movements in France during World War II; 7.1 Presentation
7.2 What was behind the standardization of regional languages during the war?
Includes bibliographical references and index.
During Germany's occupation of France in WWII, French regional languages became a way for people to assert their local identities. This book offers a detailed historical sociolinguistic analysis of the various language policies applied in France's regions (Brittany, Southern France, Corsica and Alsace) before, during and after WWII.
Sociolinguistics.
France—History.
Social history.
World history.
Romance languages.
World War, 1939-1945.
Sociolinguistics.
History of France.
Social History.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Romance Languages.
History of World War II and the Holocaust.