Occitan: The Plight of a Regional Language
Brigitte Hordern
Broschiertes Buch

Occitan: The Plight of a Regional Language

A Former Language of Prestige and its Struggle for Recognition

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This book concerns the status of Lenga d òc (Occitan)and its relationship with the State, and tries toshed light on the conflicting issues over minoritylanguages in France. It also assesses French languagepolicies and addresses key issues related to thecurtailing of the linguistic freedom, and morespecifically to Occitan.Results from a case studyconducted in Tarbes, in Bigorre, bring some insightsinto the current attitudes and practices of Occitanspeaking in this area of Occitania, with potentialimplications for the future.The book also examinesthe status of Occitan from an historical point o...