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.
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Preface
Henriette Walter: Le français, langue d’accueil : chronologie, typologie et dynamique (French – An Accommodating Language: The Chronology, Typology and Dynamics of Borrowing)
Pénélope Gardner-Chloros: 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)
Jean-Marc Dewaele: 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)
Dennis Ager: 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)
Anne Judge: Le français, langue d’accueil ou langue sur la défensive? Réponse à Henriette Walter (Is French Really Open to Outside Influences? A Response to Henriette Walter)
Malcolm Offord: Itinéraires étymologiques. Quelques mots en supplément (Etymological Routes: Some Supplementary Remarks)
Rodney Ball: La réforme de l’orthographe en France et en Allemagne: attitudes et réactions (Spelling Reform in France and Germany: Attitudes and Reactions)
Emmanuelle Labeau: Le français de Belgique filerait-il à l’anglaise? (Is French in Belgium More Susceptible to English Influence?)
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Sue Wright is a lecturer in the School of Language and European Studies at Aston University. Her research interests are multilingualism and language policy in Europe.
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