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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911091312203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Clevedon ; ; Buffalo : , : Multilingual Matters, , 2000; ©2000
• ISBN: 9786610827879; 9781280827877; 1280827874; 9781853596780; 1853596787
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (v, 134 pages)
• 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
• 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.