Despite apparent interest in defining francais regional since as
early at the nineteenth century, we have been left wondering about
the precise origins and changing nature of contemporary regional
varieties of French, particularly in the south of France. Through
an examination of linguistic transfer, in a situation of
bilingualism, and of levelling and diffusion during dialect
contact, this study examines the hypothesis that regional French
pronunciations have resulted from contact with France's minority
languages, and challenges the received view that young Southerners
are abandonning their regional lilt in favour of a more
cosmopolitan Parisian accent. The differential mechanisms of
linguistic change active during the genesis and evolution of both
northern and southern regional French, as well as broader questions
concerning the interface between language and dialect contact, are
also discussed.
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