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French, an accommodating language? = le français, langue d'accueil? / edited by Sue Wright.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Current Issues in Language and Society Monographs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- French language--Foreign words and phrases.
- French language.
- Romance languages.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (v, 134 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Clevedon ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The noted linguist Henriette Walter is a well known media figure in France, who has used her extensive range of scholarly work to take a stance in the current debate on the French language and to debunk the idea that the language is under threat. She shows that French has always been an accommodating language - une langue d'accueil - taking in words from many different sources. This bilingual volume makes Mme Walter's approach accessible to English speakers and provides reactions to it from a number of scholars working in British universities.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Preface
- Préface
- Le français, langue d’accueil : chronologie, typologie et dynamique
- French – An Accommodating Language: The Chronology, Typology and Dynamics of Borrowing
- La métaphore de l’emprunt: implications pour une théorie de l’évolution des langues. Réponse à Henriette Walter
- The Metaphor of Borrowing: Implications for a Theory of Language Evolution. A Response to Henriette Walter
- Le dérèglement du système de pensée français: l’angoisse secrète des puristes ? Réponse à Henriette Walter
- Is it the Corruption of French Thought Processes that Purists Fear? A Response to Henriette Walter
- La dimension politique de l’emprunt et la réaction française. Réponse à Henriette Walter
- The Political Dimension of Borrowings and French Reactions. A Response to Henriette Walter
- Le français, langue d’accueil ou langue sur la défensive? Réponse à Henriette Walter (in translation)
- Is French Really Open to Outside Influences? A Response to Henriette Walter
- Itinéraires étymologiques. Quelques mots en supplément
- Etymological Routes: Some Supplementary Remarks
- La réforme de l’orthographe en France et en Allemagne: attitudes et réactions
- Spelling Reform in France and Germany: Attitudes and Reactions
- Le français de Belgique filerait-il à l’anglaise ?
- Is French in Belgium More Susceptible to English Influence?
- Book Review
- Notes:
- Also available as vol. 6, no. 3 & 4 of the journal, Current issues in language and society.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786610827879
- 9781280827877
- 1280827874
- 9781853596780
- 1853596787
- OCLC:
- 614957801
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