United by our diversity : Swiss national languages and linguistic communities

Diplôme Master United by our diversity : Swiss national languages and linguistic communities eng 2023-09-08 author Nicola Juliana 874898 director Haeberli Eric 29042 moyens communs de linguistique (LINCO) 141 The present research discusses the topic of Swiss national languages and the four Swiss linguistic communities. It deals with varied subjects related to the main topic, such as multilingualism in Switzerland, the status of each national language, the use of Swiss national languages in the country's administration as well as in education, language contact particularly in bilingual and trilingual regions of Switzerland, varities of each national language and the status of national minority languages. The main objective of the research is to observe and analyse Swiss people’s attitudes towards and thoughts about the previously mentioned topics regarding the national languages of Switzerland. In order to achieve this objective, semi-structured interviews were carried out with 13 participants, which come from the four national language communities and from different cantons, including the bilingual and trilingual ones. Linguistic research Swiss national languages Multilingualism Language contact Lingusitic attitudes Swiss linguistic landscape Language status Dewey 420/820 84 Département de langue et de littérature anglaises 3B false 4dfcf04c-3f92-4b93-884b-ddb4eca2821f Agreement Private autorisation de depot de mémoire.pdf 1664736 application/pdf c4435f8dad470f19786eb05af482202fe5e4641b0df3ccbe00197de5c730817a c11ab4d4-727b-4673-8f28-cfc4a42bfc5f Master thesis Public Mémoire Juliana Nicola final versio.pdf 3598810 application/pdf 250a53ed90a9e669099a8b21cdd02427702d111241095cecb5db911f87bfc171 openAccess Faculté des lettres / Département de langue et de littérature anglaises

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