Today in Aix-en-Provence, the study meeting “Représentations Linguistiques et Variation dans les Parlers Arabes Maghrébins” takes place.* An international group of scientists dealing with Maghrebinian dialects is gathering in the university town Aix-en-Provence sharing their sociolinguistic research issues and findings.
Veronika and Ilona join the conference with their presentation “The Perception of ‘rural’ as ‘backward’ and ‘urban’ as ‘advanced’ and the resulting linguistic behaviour in Central Tunisia”. Focusing on the linguistic differences between the countryside and the city and the consequences of the general perception of a certain variety, Veronika and Ilona give an insight into a socio-linguistic issue examined within the TUNOCENT project. Although their post-lunchtime presentation follows a series of interesting lectures from other linguists, Veronika and Ilona hope to keep participants attentive and interested well into the afternoon. Their intensive preparations paid off!
Moreover, there is another reason why the participation on the conference is a great success for the TUNOCENT team: While we keep on collecting and systematizing the data, we are – as the presentation shows –, for the first time, even able to draw conclusions. A huge motivation for the TUNOCENT project!
*Organized by Catherine MILLER, Jacopo FALCHETTA, Jairo GUERRERO from IREMAM (AMU–CNRS) and Montserrat BENÍTEZ FERNÁNDEZ from EAA (CSIC)
