French Today
Subtitle: Language in its Social Context
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 30, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9780521396950
Subjects: Anthropology; Language Teaching & Learning (Other Than ELT); Linguistics; French language; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Literary Criticism; Europe; French; Sociolinguistics; Foreign Language Study / General; Foreign Language Study-French; French language--Social aspects--France; French language--Social aspects--France Frenc; Language Arts & Disciplines-Linguistics; European - General; France; French-speaking countries; Social aspects
First sentence: France is famous for the degree of state interference in linguistic matters; indeed some very famous 'laws' have been passed in this area, the most famous being the Edit de Villers-Cotterets in 1539.