{"product_id":"southern-regional-french-damien-mooney-9781909662896","title":"Southern Regional French: A Linguistic Analysis of Language and Dialect Contact","description":"\u003cp\u003eDespite apparent interest in defining \u003cem\u003efrançais régional\u003c\/em\u003e since as early at the nineteenth century, we have been left wondering about the precise origins and changing nature of contemporary regional varieties of French, particularly in the south of France. Through an examination of linguistic transfer, in a situation of bilingualism, and of levelling and diffusion during dialect contact, this study examines the hypothesis that regional French pronunciations have resulted from contact with France's minority languages, and challenges the received view that young Southerners are abandoning their regional lilt in favour of a more cosmopolitan Parisian accent. The differential mechanisms of linguistic change active during the genesis and evolution of both northern and southern regional French, as well as broader questions concerning the interface between language and dialect contact in France, are also discussed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDamien Mooney is Lecturer in French Linguistics at the University of Bristol.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Damien Mooney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1909662895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781909662896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Legenda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.44d","brand":"Damien Mooney","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47424505020671,"sku":"9781909662896","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_731b2bd7-2905-4ce1-8104-11b42d284dac.jpg?v=1761530659","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/southern-regional-french-damien-mooney-9781909662896","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}