Diffusion and Transmission of Francoprovençal: A Study of Speakers’ Linguistic Conscience

Depau, Giovanni

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“…First, a 2019 interview with local senior speakers showed that some may view Arpitan as the inferior language that is "pr tentieux" (pretentious), "plagi " (plagiarised), "mal interpr t " (misinterpreted) (Depau, 2018) and linguistically unevolved, with "no grammar" and is merely "deformed French" (Meune, 2007). This internalized depreciation of the Arpitan language is most probably the result of a painful experience at school during the 1940s, where speaking the "patois" meant being "mocked, or even told off" by teachers (Pecchio, 2015).…”

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“…Third, it has been argued by some scholars that Arpitan has become a "postvernacular language" that still forms part of the speaker's identity but is no longer in use (Pivot, 2014). Some associate it with a long-gone past, and although they view it with much nostalgia and affection, they argue that language documentation is preferable to revitalization (Depau, 2018).…”

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“…Arpitanists also debate whether Arpitan should be written down in the first place. Many traditional speakers regard writing the language as "murdering" it and "denatur[ing]" it (Depau, 2018) because its diversity lies in its oral form.…”

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Arpitan, also known as Francoprovençal, is a severely endangered regional language with around 120,000-200,000 speakers, spoken at the crossroads of France, Italy, and Switzerland. This paper is a review of the literature on the current linguistic situation of Arpitan. It first presents an overview of current Arpitan revitalization efforts, along with potential impediments and favorable conditions of revitalization. At last, it proposes consultative advice on where to direct Arpitan revitalization efforts and how. Previous literature on Arpitan focuses mainly on the vitality of the language and its usage; however, there is an insufficient analysis on behalf of revitalization efforts. Thus, this paper, written from an outsider's perspective, aims to bridge the gap between linguistic knowledge and practical advice on revitalization. This review could be potentially useful as a reference for Arpitan activists in France as they plan revitalization projects. It is hoped that the paper would update the linguistic community on the status of Arpitan and inform Arpitan revitalization activists from a third-party point of view.

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Historical and Sociolinguistic Approaches to French showcases the most innovative research being done today on both the history and the sociolinguistics of the French language. It foregrounds in particular current research at the intersection of these two fields in historical sociolinguistics, a field which has seen significant recent growth. The research in the volume is all strongly data-centred, drawing on a wide range of both well-established and innovative theoretical and methodological approaches in order to open up new perspectives on the study of the French language in the twenty-first century. Particular emphasis is placed on combining quantitative and qualitative approaches, on diversifying tools, methods, and objects of inquiry, and on adopting comparative and multilingual perspectives where these shed new light on important questions relating to French. The volume therefore not only highlights the current state of the field in French linguistics but also the new directions in which the field is heading.

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Diffusion and Transmission of Francoprovençal: A Study of Speakers’ Linguistic Conscience

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