This paper deals with the importance of attitudes towards languages for the process of language emancipation in the case of Guadeloupe, where two languages are spoken, French and Creole. The history of the settlement of Guadeloupe and the current sociolinguistic situation explain the links between the two languages. Today, we observe that French remains the H-language, and Creole the L-language. In this study, the question of Creole emancipation in Guadeloupe focuses on the educational system and includes a discussion of young teachers’ and pupils’ opinions, which show ambiguous feelings about the use of the Creole, especially at school. The analysis concludes that, despite the fact that Creole has already seen emancipatory development, one can state that attitudes towards this language act as a brake on its complete emancipation. The last part of the paper consists of a few proposals intended to change speakers’ views of Creole.
Tous droits réservés pour tous pays.La reproduction ou représentation de cet article, notamment par photocopie, n'est autorisée que dans les limites des conditions générales d'utilisation du site ou, le cas échéant, des conditions générales de la licence souscrite par votre établissement. Toute autre reproduction ou représentation, en tout ou partie, sous quelque forme et de quelque manière que ce soit, est interdite sauf accord préalable et écrit de l'éditeur, en dehors des cas prévus par la législation en vigueur en France. Il est précisé que son stockage dans une base de données est également interdit.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.