The Standard Languages in Revival Movements of "Dialects" in Belgium

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24720173
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Nihon University (2013-2014); Nagoya City University (2012)
• Principal Investigator: ISHIBE Naoto 日本大学, 理工学部, 助教 (70579127)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: ベルギー / ワロン語 / 標準語 / 復権運動 / 方言 / 正書法

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We clarified that even though activists and organizations engaging in the revival movement of “dialects” in Belgium have considerable disagreement about the form of “standard language”, they share, as is the case in other movements for regional and minority languages, the perception that having a standard is essential for a further advance of the movement. It is aimed for introdaction of dialects to education and activities through use of ICTs, and is also under the influence of policies for official languages. However, in contrast to other movements for regional and minority languages, the “standard” intended in the movements for dialect is one that can be multicentric, flexible and permissive.

Free Research Field

社会言語学