Language and Social Structure in Urban France - David Hornsby - Books - Maney Publishing - 9781907975417 - November 30, 2013
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David Hornsby
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This book discusses the on-going exchange of ideas between variationist linguistics and sociology by extending the debate to post-war France. It describes the extent to which France's apparent exceptionalism in a number of areas is real, imagined, or an artefact of the mode of analysis.

Publisher Marketing: This volume brings together leading variationist sociolinguists and sociologists from both sides of the Channel to ask: what makes France 'exceptional'? In addressing this question, variationists have been forced to reassess the accepted interdisciplinary consensus, and to ask whether concepts and definitions have been transposed in a way which meaningfully preserves their original sense and, crucially, takes account of recent developments in sociology.

Contributor Bio:  Jones, Mari C Mari C. Jones is Reader in French Linguistics and Language Change at the University of Cambridge and Fellow in Modern and Medieval Languages at Peterhouse, Cambridge. A highly experienced fieldworker, she has published extensively on language obsolescence and revitalisation in relation to Insular and Continental Norman, Welsh and Breton. Her recent publications include Keeping Languages Alive (2013, edited with Sarah Ogilvie). Contributor Bio:  Hornsby, David David Hornsby is a senior lecturer in French and head of the English language and linguistics section at the University of Kent, England.

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released November 30, 2013
ISBN13 9781907975417
Publishers Maney Publishing
Genre Aspects (Academic) > Sociological
Pages 254
Dimensions 253 × 179 × 18 mm   ·   670 g
Language English  
Editor Hornsby, David
Editor Jones, Mari C.

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