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Окситанский (провансальский) vs франко-провансальский: бинарная оппозиция
The article is aimed at considering Franco-Provençal and Occitan languages in order to delimit these languages’ areas and to eliminate erroneous use of the terms “Provençal language” and “Franco-Provençal language” in Russian linguistics. Material contained in the article can serve as basis for fundamental scientific works as well as be of interest to linguists, philologists and teachers in preparation for classes on Romance languages’ history and dialectology, because it involves Occitan and Franco-Provençal languages’ detailed description: emergence process, development history and distinctive features as well. The article also attempts to determine correspondence among Franco-Provençal and Occitan languages’ linguistic borders and political or administrative borders of regions where these languages are spoken.