Alphonse Roque-Ferrier (2 August 1844 – 18 June 1907) was a French

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...

and historian of the

occitan language Occitan (; oc, occitan, link=no ), also known as ''lenga d'òc'' (; french: langue d'oc) by its native speakers, and sometimes also referred to as ''Provençal'', is a Romance languages, Romance language spoken in Southern France, Monaco, Ital ...

. He was a member of

Félibrige The ''Félibrige'' (; in classical Occitan, in Mistralian spelling, ) is a literary and cultural association founded in 1854 by Frédéric Mistral and other Provençal writers to defend and promote the Occitan language (also called the ) and ...

. He argued for a union of Southern European countries.

Early life

Alphonse Roque-Ferrier was born in 1844.

Career

Roque-Ferrier was a philologist and historian of the

Occitan language Occitan (; oc, occitan, link=no ), also known as ''lenga d'òc'' (; french: langue d'oc) by its native speakers, and sometimes also referred to as ''Provençal'', is a Romance languages, Romance language spoken in Southern France, Monaco, Ital ...

. He was the secretary of the ''Société pour l'étude des langues romanes''. Roque-Ferrier was a member of

, a French regionalist organization to defend and promote occitan languages and literature. In ''De l’idée latine dans quelques poésies en espagnol, en langue d’oc et en catalan'' (1877), he drew upon the works of Octavien Bringuier and argued for

Latinity Latinity (''Latinitas'') is proficiency in Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) ar ...

or the "Latin idea," the notion that people who spoke

Romance languages The Romance languages, sometimes referred to as Latin languages or Neo-Latin languages, are the various modern languages that evolved from Vulgar Latin. They are the only extant subgroup of the Italic languages in the Indo-European language fam ...

and whose culture originated in

Ancient Rome In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilisation from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 B ...

were a specific "race." With Charles de Tourtoulon, another member of the Félibrige, Roque-Ferrier was a frequent visitor to

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

, Spain. Additionally, both men were proponents of a union of Southern European countries.

Death

He died in 1907.

References

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