[Corpora-List] Re: [Corpora-List] Breton, Flemish, Catalan, Basque, Occitan, Franco-provençal, Alsacian

From: Jean Veronis (Jean.Veronis@up.univ-mrs.fr)
Date: Mon May 23 2005 - 14:27:15 MET DST

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    Bart Defrancq a écrit :

    > Dear Jean,
    >
    > I was wondering whether French universities are involved in research
    > on the minority languages in France, and especially their preservation
    > through corpus research. Ironic...

    The answer is no, and this is a shame.

    France is not a good example to follow, since it has an extremely tough
    position towards its language minorities -- a position I call
    "linguistic guillotine". It goes back to the French revolution, and even
    before (François Ier, for example, and the "Edit de Villers-Cotterets in
    2539 if my memory serves me well).

    I am trying to do what I can in my corner, with no funding of course :

    http://www.up.univ-mrs.fr/tresoc/

    --j
      http://aixtal.blogspot.com

     



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