French, an accomodating language? = Le français, langue d'accueil?

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Title:

French, an accomodating language? = Le français, langue d'accueil?

Author:

Wright, Sue, 1947-

ISBN:

9781853595042

Publication Information:

Clevedon ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, c2000.

Physical Description:

v, 134 p. ; 26 cm.

General Note:

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

Contents:

An Accommodating Language: The Chronology, Typology and Dynamics of Borrowing / Henriette Walter -- The Metaphor of Borrowing: Implications for a Theory of Language Evolution. A Response to Henriette Walter / Penelope Gardner-Chloros -- Is it the Corruption of French Thought Processes that Purists Fear? A Response to Henriette Walter / Jean-Marc Dewaele -- The Political Dimension of Borrowings and French Reactions. A Response to Henriette Walter / Dennis Ager -- Is French Really Open to Outside Influences? A Response to Henriette Walter / Anne Judge -- Etymological Routes: Some Supplementary Remarks / Malcolm Offord -- Spelling Reform in France and Germany: Attitudes and Reactions / Rodney Ball -- Is French in Belgium More Susceptible to English Influence? / Emmanuelle Labeau.

Subject Term:

French language -- Foreign words and phrases.

Added Author:

Wright, Sue, 1947-

Added Uniform Title:

Current issues in language & society.

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Summary

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.