On the impact of sociolinguistic change in literature: the last trilingual writers in Alsace
Gardner-Chloros, Penelope (2013) On the impact of sociolinguistic change in literature: the last trilingual writers in Alsace. Modern Language Review 108 (4), pp. 1086-1102. ISSN 0026-7937.
Abstract
This paper argues that the sociolinguistic background is a relevant part of literary analysis, especially in multilingual settings. Twentieth- and twenty-first-century writers in Alsace (e.g. Arp, Vigée, Weckmann) have continued to deploy a trilingual repertoire (French, German, Alsatian Dialect), characteristic of this area's literature for centuries. Strategic language choices, code-switching, and self-translation characterize their work and give it a sense of identity. But sociolinguistic surveys show that knowledge of Alsatian and German is declining in Alsace; this trilingual output is therefore the swansong of a dying breed.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication |
| Depositing User: | Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Mar 2014 13:45 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Aug 2023 12:34 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/9374 |
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