1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455767803321

Titolo

French, an accommodating language? : Le français, langue d'accueil? / / edited by Sue Wright

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Clevedon ; ; Buffalo, : Multilingual Matters, c2000

ISBN

1-280-82787-4

9786610827879

1-85359-678-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (140 p.)

Collana

Current Issues in Language and Society Monographs

Altri autori (Persone)

WrightSue <1947->

Disciplina

442/.4

Soggetti

French language - Foreign words and phrases

Romance languages

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Also available as vol. 6, no. 3 & 4 of the journal, Current issues in language and society.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910713781003321

Titolo

Ground-water flooding in glacial terrain of southern Puget Sound, Washington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Reston, Va.] : , : United States Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2000

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (3 unnumbered pages) : color illustrations, color maps

Collana

USGS fact sheet ; ; 111-00

Soggetti

Floods - Washington (State)

Water table - Washington (State) - Puget Sound Region

Glacial landforms - Washington (State) - Puget Sound Region

Floods

Glacial landforms

Water table

Washington (State) Puget Sound Region

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"September 2000"--Page 3.

Series statement incorrect, shoud read USGS fact sheet 00-111.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 3).