French - An Accommodating Language?

Le francais: langue d'accueil?

Edited by Dr. Sue Wright

Ebook (VitalSource) - £10.00

Publication date:

20 October 2000

Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Dimensions:

248x168mm
7x10"

ISBN-13: 9781853595042

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.