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Message1: French Regional Languages Conference
Date:03-Aug-2015
From:Aurelie Joubert FrenchRLsconf at leicester.ac.uk
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French Regional Languages Conference 
Short Title: FRL 

Date: 25-Sep-2015 - 25-Sep-2015 
Location: Leicester, United Kingdom 
Contact: Aurelie Joubert 
Contact Email: aj174 at le.ac.uk 
Meeting URL: http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/modern-languages/research-1/outreach-activities/Regional%20languages%20conference 

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; General Linguistics; Sociolinguistics 

Subject Language(s): German, Swiss (gsw)
                     Occitan (oci)
                     Basque (eus)
                     Vlaams (vls)
                     Breton (bre)
                     Corsican (cos)
                     Catalan-Valencian-Balear (cat)
                     Creole French, Seselwa (crs)
                     Francoproven�al (frp)
                     French (fra)

Meeting Description:

The Regional Languages of France: Challenges and Opportunities in the Twenty-First Century

Les langues r�gionales de France: d�fis et opportunit�s au 21�me si�cle

An exciting upcoming conference at the University of Leicester will gather experts on the field of French language policies and planning with a particular focus on regional languages.

Keynote speaker (confirmed): Dr Leigh Oakes, Queen Mary University of London 
Program:

9.30-10.30

Panel 1: Language policy and education

Nathalie Auger, Christelle Dodane, Fabrice Hirsch and Nathalie Matheu, 
''La langue gitane: d'une langue minor�e � une langue r�gionale retrouv�e''

Eneritz Zabaleta
''The public policy regarding Basque Language in France: results and prospect from a legal perspective''	

Panel 2: Language and the Internet

Alexandra Jaffe
''Language and Place: Old and New connections on a Corsican language Facebook Page''

Jean-Michel Eloy, Fanny Martin and C�cile Mathieu (TBC)
''La langue picarde sur l'internet: une langue qui se voit''

11.00-12.30

Panel 3: Language policy and authority

Aur�lie Cauchard and Julia Sallabank 
''Status and vitality of New Caledonian Kanak languages: the impact of top-down policies and speakers' perceptions on language maintenance''

Geoffrey Roger
''Langues de France et Charte europ�enne des langues r�gionales ou minoritaires : regard critique sur les arguments des opposants � la ratification

Judith Broadridge and Dawn Marley 
''Two regional languages revisited''
	
Panel 4: Language classification

Patrick Sean McCrea
''The persistent Challenges of the Langues d'o�l: Picard in Picardy as an Illustration''

Jean-Christophe Dourdet
''Repr�sentations des langues r�gionales : conflits sur la question de la normalisation en occitan limousin et en poitevin-saintongeais''

Vincent Rivi�re
''Microcosme sociolinguistique occitan en zone p�riurbaine''

13.30-14.30
Keynote: Leigh Oakes
''Rethinking language rights in France: a normative language policy approach'' 

14.30-15.30

Panel 5: Cultural productions

Herv� Baudry
''Editer en Breton au 21�me si�cle''

Merc� Mitjavila Franch 
''How can we explain the presence of Catalan writers in French Catalonia today?''
	
Panel 6: Status and visibility

Natalia Bremner 
''Reconceptualising the R�unionese Linguistic Landscape: from bilingual to Translingual''

Will Amos
''Redefining Multilingual signs in the Linguistic Landscape: Discursive content and text-types on street signs in Toulouse''

16.00-17.30

Panel 7: Linguistic conscience

Aya Sano
''La transition et la diversit� des consciences linguistiques : le cas du francoproven�al �

James Hawkey
''The regional languages of France and the construction of identities: present-day consequences of the Grande R�volte du Midi''

Giovanni Depau
''Conscience linguistique, transmission et valorisation du francoproven�al dans l'arc alpin fran�ais �

Panel 8: Language and transmission

Talwyn Baudu
''Understanding Breton speakers' attitudes and challenges in revitalizing language transmission within the family''

Michelle Harrison
''The influence of teachers' language attitudes on the use of regional language varieties in the classroom in Alsace''

Jonathan Kasstan
''On ''new'' speakers of Francoproven�al and issues of authenticity and ownership''

17.30-18.00
Roundtable chaired by Michel Alessio, D�l�gation g�n�rale � la langue fran�aise et aux langues de France


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