"La Situation linguistique dans la Vallée" (Presentation)
LSU in the French Alps, Study Abroad Program (Summer 2022)
Dr. Carla Vance

As a requirement for my study abroad program in the French Alps, I created and delivered a presentation where I talked on linguistic diversity in le Midi region of France (Southern France). More specifically, I described the linguistic history of the region where I would spend the majority of my program, the Ubaye Valley located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. 

This presentation featured remarks on the homogenization of France's linguistic landscape, the role of the Académie française, similarities of the stigmatization of regional dialects between the United States and France, and some common phrases in the local language of Ubaye Valéian.