French Today Language in its Social Context [Paperback]

An examination of French throughout the French-speaking world, considering prescriptivism, gender, regional languages and dialects.British and French linguists present a profile of the French language in its social context by examining trends throughout the French-speaking world and addressing issues regarding prescriptivism, gender and language, and regional languages and dialects.British and French linguists present a profile of the French language in its social context by examining trends throughout the French-speaking world and addressing issues regarding prescriptivism, gender and language, and regional languages and dialects.French Today is a profile of the French language in its social context. British and French linguists examine trends in French throughout the French-speaking world, and address issues around prescriptivism, gender and language, and regional languages and dialects. The collection includes overviews of work done in particular areas and deeper analyses of sociolinguistic questions. All examples and quotations are in French, with a mixture of references given in French and English. At the end of each chapter there are also texts in French, serving as illustration and as pointers to further reading.List of figures and maps; List of tables; Notes on the contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction Carol Sanders; 1. French: a planned language? Anne Judge; 2. Sociosituational variation Carol Sanders; 3. Regional variation in France Roger Hawkins; 4. The other languages of France: towards a multilingual policy F. Larousi and J.-B. Marcellesi; 5. The migrant languages of Paris L.-J. Calvet; 6. Gender and language in French Marie-Marthe Gervais; 7. The reform of the writing system Nina Catach; 8. Alternative French Ken George; 9. New words for new technologies Stephen Noreiko; 10. Language and style in politics John Gaffney; 11. French and French Creoles: the case of the French Caribbean Gertrud Aub-Buscher; 12. French in Africa Suzanne Lafage; 13. lS[