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About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Con tents
- 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