Kooperativer Bibliotheksverbund

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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9781853596780

Series Statement: Current Issues in Language and Society Monographs

Content: 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.

Note: Frontmatter -- , 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 / , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.21832/9781853596780

URL: https://doi.org/10.21832/9781853596780