French - An Accommodating Language? : : Le francais: langue d'accueil? / / ed. by Sue Wright.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Ager, Dennis,; Ansorge, Jocelyne,; Ball, Rodney,; Dewaele, Jean-Marc,; Evans, Howard,; Gardner-Chloros, Penelope,; Gardner-Chloros, Pénélope,; Judge, Anne,; Labeau, Emmanuelle,; Offord, Malcolm,; Walter, Henriette,; Wright, Sue,
• HerausgeberIn: Wright, Sue,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2000]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Language: English
• Series: Current Issues in Language and Society Monographs
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (144 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

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