The German-Romance Language Borders in Switzerland

Rash, Felicity

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“…The Swiss French accent (used in Experiment 6) belongs to the Franco-Provenc ¸al dialect set (Matthey, 2003;Rash, 2002). Even though this accent varies depending on the region or canton, it is generally characterized by its resistance to oxytonie.…”

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“…This also corresponds to the boundary between the dialects of Oïl in the north, east, west, and south-central regions and the dialects of Oc, which cover the south part of France. A third family is identified as the Franco-Provençal dialects, which include the region between Grenoble, Lyons, and Geneva as well as the Suisse Romande part of Switzerland and the Aoste Valley in Italy (Battye, Hintze, & Rowlett, 2000; Rash, 2002; Singy, 2002). Further diversity is also evident within each of these regions and is now being evaluated as part of a database collected under the framework of the international Francophone project, “Contemporary French Phonology” (Durand, Laks, & Lyche, 2002).…”

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“…Therefore, in addition to the Franche-Comté accent, we have introduced another unfamiliar accent, that of the francophone Swiss, which is perceptually more distant from the Parisian accent than that of Franche-Comté (Carton et al, 1983). This accent belongs to the Franco-Provençal dialect set, whereas the Franche-Comté accent is related to the dialects of Oïl, in common with the standard mass-media accent (Battye et al, 2000; Rash, 2002).…”

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Does a regional accent perturb speech processing?

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The processing costs involved in regional accent normalization were evaluated by measuring differences in lexical decision latencies for targets placed at the end of sentences with different French regional accents. Over a series of 6 experiments, the authors examined the time course of comprehension disruption by manipulating the duration and presentation conditions of accented speech. Taken together, the findings of these experiments indicate that regional accent normalization involves a short-term adjustment mechanism that develops as a certain amount of accented signal is available, resulting in a temporary perturbation in speech processing.

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“…Research has begun to include quantitative studies and modeling to understand human behavior and conflict [100][101][102][103][104]. A body of research examines Switzerland regarding the presence or absence of tensions and possible causes [105][106][107][108][109][110][111][112][113][114][115][116][117][118][119][120].…”

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Good Fences: The Importance of Setting Boundaries for Peaceful Coexistence

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We consider the conditions of peace and violence among ethnic groups, testing a theory designed to predict the locations of violence and interventions that can promote peace. Characterizing the model's success in predicting peace requires examples where peace prevails despite diversity. Switzerland is recognized as a country of peace, stability and prosperity. This is surprising because of its linguistic and religious diversity that in other parts of the world lead to conflict and violence. Here we analyze how peaceful stability is maintained. Our analysis shows that peace does not depend on integrated coexistence, but rather on well defined topographical and political boundaries separating groups, allowing for partial autonomy within a single country. In Switzerland, mountains and lakes are an important part of the boundaries between sharply defined linguistic areas. Political canton and circle (sub-canton) boundaries often separate religious groups. Where such boundaries do not appear to be sufficient, we find that specific aspects of the population distribution guarantee either sufficient separation or sufficient mixing to inhibit intergroup violence according to the quantitative theory of conflict. In exactly one region, a porous mountain range does not adequately separate linguistic groups and that region has experienced significant violent conflict, leading to the recent creation of the canton of Jura. Our analysis supports the hypothesis that violence between groups can be inhibited by physical and political boundaries. A similar analysis of the area of the former Yugoslavia shows that during widespread ethnic violence existing political boundaries did not coincide with the boundaries of distinct groups, but peace prevailed in specific areas where they did coincide. The success of peace in Switzerland may serve as a model to resolve conflict in other ethnically diverse countries and regions of the world.

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Geo-topology of Networks of Borders

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2023

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The German-Romance Language Borders in Switzerland

Cited by 9 publications

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Does a regional accent perturb speech processing?

Does a regional accent perturb speech processing?

Good Fences: The Importance of Setting Boundaries for Peaceful Coexistence

Geo-topology of Networks of Borders

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