Alexander Mendes has worked in interdisciplinary French studies from the vantage point of sociocultural and applied linguistics. He holds a PhD in French from the University of California, Davis.

"This is a high-quality contribution both to Sociolinguistics and to Corsican Studies in particular. There is a compassionate thread that runs through the entire manuscript and this, together with the autoethnographic approach, is very effective in terms of the lived experience underpinning academic knowledge."Stefania Tufi, University of Liverpool

• AcknowledgementsTranscription ConventionsList of ImagesPrefaceChapter 1 Introduction: TightropesChapter 2 PearlsChapter 3 ABCsChapter 4 StoriesChapter 5For(z)aCodaBibliography

Alexander Mendes has worked in interdisciplinary French studies from the vantage point of sociocultural and applied linguistics. He holds a PhD in French from the University of California, Davis.

"This is a high-quality contribution both to Sociolinguistics and to Corsican Studies in particular. There is a compassionate thread that runs through the entire manuscript and this, together with the autoethnographic approach, is very effective in terms of the lived experience underpinning academic knowledge."Stefania Tufi, University of Liverpool

• AcknowledgementsTranscription ConventionsList of ImagesPrefaceChapter 1 Introduction: TightropesChapter 2 PearlsChapter 3 ABCsChapter 4 StoriesChapter 5For(z)aCodaBibliography