French Today
Subtitle: Language in its Social Context
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 30, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9780521395052
Subjects: Anthropology; Language Teaching & Learning (Other Than ELT); Literary Criticism; French-speaking countries; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; French; Language; Europe; Social aspects; European - General; Sociolinguistics; Foreign Language Study / General; French language--Social aspects--France; French Language; France
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.