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 strong ties to etymology. Philology is also defined as the study of ...

and historian of the

occitan language Occitan (; ), also known by its native speakers as (; ), sometimes also referred to as Provençal, is a Romance language spoken in Southern France, Monaco, Italy's Occitan Valleys, as well as Spain's Val d'Aran in Catalonia; collectively, ...

. 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 (; ), also known by its native speakers as (; ), sometimes also referred to as Provençal, is a Romance language spoken in Southern France, Monaco, Italy's Occitan Valleys, as well as Spain's Val d'Aran in Catalonia; collectively, ...

. 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. The term may also be used to refer to the use of Latinisms A Latinism (from ) is a word, idiom, or structure in a language other than Latin that is derived from, or suggestive of, the Latin lan ...

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

Romance languages The Romance languages, also known as the Latin or Neo-Latin languages, are the languages that are Language family, directly descended from Vulgar Latin. They are the only extant subgroup of the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-E ...

and whose culture originated in

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

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

Death

He died in 1907.

References

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