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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818078703321

Autore

Lodge R. Anthony

Titolo

French, from dialect to standard / / R. Anthony Lodge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1993

ISBN

1-134-89414-7

1-134-89415-5

0-203-15814-8

1-280-40843-X

9786610408436

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

ix, 285 p. : ill., maps

Disciplina

440/.9

Soggetti

French language - History

French language - Standardization

French language - Social aspects - France

Latin language - Influence on French

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-278) and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 2 THE LATINISATION OF GAUL -- chapter 3 THE DIALECTALISATION OF GALLO-ROMANCE -- chapter 4 SELECTION OF NORMS -- chapter 5 ELABORATION OF FUNCTION -- chapter 6 CODIFICATION -- chapter 7 ACCEPTANCE -- chapter 8 MAINTENANCE OF THE STANDARD.

Sommario/riassunto

Written as a text, this book looks at the external history of French from its Latin origins to the present day through some of the analytical frameworks developed by contemporary sociolinguistics. French is one of the most highly standardized of the world's languages and the author invites us to see the language as heterogenous, rather than a monolithic entity, using the model proposed by E. Haugen as a useful comparative grid to plot the development of standardization. After an introductory section which examines the dialectalization of Latin in Gaul, the four central chapters of the book are constructed around the basic processes invoved in standardization as identified by Haugen: the selection of norms, the elaboration of function, codification and



acceptance. The concluding chapter deals with language variability and the wide gulf that has now developed between French used for formal purposes and that used in everyday speech, with particular reference to Occitan speaking regions.; Emphasizing the ordinary speakers of the language, rather than the statesmen or great authors as agents of change, the book combines a traditional history of the language' approach with a sociolinguistic framework to provide a broad and comparative overview of the problem of language standardization.