Language ideologies and linguistic representations: Two lenses for a critical analysis of polynomie in Corsica
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Alexandra Jaffe
Abstract
In this article, we question one of the important notions of the Corsican normative conceptual apparatus: the polynomie. This concept is particularly interesting as a language ideological position that calls into question dominant ideological perspectives on standardization and normalization. This article puts the polynomie in an ideological process that calls for a critical sociolinguistic analysis that first accounts for the interaction between sociolinguistic, economic, political and ideological domains. That critical sociolinguistic perspective emphasizes that all language ideological frameworks – even those which recognize diversity – impose particular criteria and give value to some ways of speaking and being over others.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Introduction. The Corsican language: A singular, concerning and uncertain situation. Assessment and future challenges
- “Corsican sociolinguistics”: Key words and concepts of a cross-linguistic theory
- Elaboration, distanciation, polynomie: naissance et feux croisés de la sociolinguistique corse
- La langue polynomique, le concept phare de l’appareil critique corse
- Language ideologies and linguistic representations: Two lenses for a critical analysis of polynomie in Corsica
- Réévaluer le conflit diglossique en Corse: apports et dépassements de la sociolinguistique du conflit
- Chestnut beer, Corsica-Cola, and wine bottles: The commodification of Corsican in the linguistic and semiotic landscapes of the island’s drinks industry
- How language becomes a political issue: Social change, collective movements and political competition in Corsica
- Public policy for the Corsican language: From revitalisation to normalisation?
- From linguistics to litigation: Reflections on the legal aspects of reversing language shift
- Book Review
- Histoire sociale des langues de France
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Introduction. The Corsican language: A singular, concerning and uncertain situation. Assessment and future challenges
- “Corsican sociolinguistics”: Key words and concepts of a cross-linguistic theory
- Elaboration, distanciation, polynomie: naissance et feux croisés de la sociolinguistique corse
- La langue polynomique, le concept phare de l’appareil critique corse
- Language ideologies and linguistic representations: Two lenses for a critical analysis of polynomie in Corsica
- Réévaluer le conflit diglossique en Corse: apports et dépassements de la sociolinguistique du conflit
- Chestnut beer, Corsica-Cola, and wine bottles: The commodification of Corsican in the linguistic and semiotic landscapes of the island’s drinks industry
- How language becomes a political issue: Social change, collective movements and political competition in Corsica
- Public policy for the Corsican language: From revitalisation to normalisation?
- From linguistics to litigation: Reflections on the legal aspects of reversing language shift
- Book Review
- Histoire sociale des langues de France