Laura Diver
Contact Information
Email: diverl@tcd.ie
Address: Centre for Language and Communication Studies,
Arts Building,
Trinity College Dublin,
College Green,
Dublin 2
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Research Interests
French sociolinguistics; Minority and Endangered languages; French regional languages; Language revival, revitalization and maintenance; Language death; linguistic Landscape; Toponymy; Linguistic Ethnography; Language policy and planning
Current Projects
- Re-examining Language Regenesis: the Case of Occitan (PhD Thesis);
- Linguistic Landscape in Occitan France (project)
Presentations
- Perception and Policy: The Interaction of Macro and Micro Level Linguistic Policy in Occitan France, Sociolinguistics Symposium 19, Berlin, Germany, 21-24th August 2012
- Minority Language Toponymy as a Tool for Language Revitalization: Perceptions and Policy, Trends in Toponymy 5, Bern, Switzerland, 9-13th July 2012
- Conflicting Linguistic Policies and Language Revitalization: The Case of Occitan in France, Spain and Italy, DIT/RIA Modern Languages Symposium, Dublin, 2nd December 2011
- Occitan Language Revitalization: Reflections in the Linguistic Landscape, School of Linguistics, Speech and Communication Sciences Postgraduate Seminar Series, Trinity College Dublin, 28th November 2011
- Conflicting Attitudes and Policies Regarding Bilingual Signage in Occitan France, Trends in Toponymy 4, Edinburgh, UK, 28th June-1st July 2010
Publications
- "Bilingual Occitan Signage in Conflict: The Curious Case of Villeneuve-lès Maguelone", in Onoma, vol. 46, 2012 (forthcoming)
- "Perceptions of Macro and Meso Level Linguistic Policy in Occitan France" in Lingüistica Occitana, 2012, (forthcoming)