Language and Dialect Death: Theorising Sound Change in Obsolescent Gascon

by Damien Mooney

This book offers a systematic acoustic phonetic analysis of both language and dialect death in the region of B arn, southwestern France. Focusing on B arnais, a localised dialect of Gascon which is under pressure from French, the author explores the socio-political process of language shift, whereby members of a speech community cease to speak their indigenous language in favour of an incoming dominant language. Gascon is at an advanced stage of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 303151100X
• ISBN13: 9783031511004
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"