Language Revitalisation as Struggle Over Reclassification: Doing Place, Time and Groupness in Provence

Revitalising Language in Provence: A Critical Approach questions the concept of language revitalization and challenges the field’s main tenets through a detailed analysis Southern France’s Provençal movement, one of Europe’s longest standing language revitalisation projects.

• Presents a wealth of new research data relating to revitalising language movement
• Offers an innovative new way of problematizing language revitalisation
• Questions the very concept of language revitalisation and challenges the field’s main tenets
• Reveals what language revitalisation movements really stand for, what they use language for, and who the people spearheading these movements are