{"product_id":"french-today-language-in-its-social-context-hardback-9780521395052","title":"French Today; Language in its Social Context (Hardback) 9780521395052","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFrench Today\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLanguage in its Social Context\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn examination of French throughout the French-speaking world, considering prescriptivism, gender, regional languages and dialects.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCarol Sanders (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521395052, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 April 1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e338 pages, 15 b\/w illus.  3 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.62 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...perhaps the most interested reader would be the researcher in language planning with a special interest in the French-speaking world; in fact, for such a reader, the text may well be uniquely useful. Anthropologists who do fieldwork in any of the French-speaking countries will find the book moderately useful as well....\"   Anthropological Linguistics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFrench Today is a profile of the French language in its social context. British and French linguists examine trends in French throughout the French-speaking world, and address issues around prescriptivism, gender and language, and regional languages and dialects. The collection includes overviews of work done in particular areas and deeper analyses of sociolinguistic questions. One theme is how to represent and interpret data relating to language varieties that have been marginalised. Another concerns the ways in which French is adapting to the future, whether as a language of new technology, or as a vehicular language on the continent. All chapters of this book are in English, with examples and quotations in French, and a mixture of references given in both languages. At the end of each chapter, there are also texts in French, serving as illustration and as pointers to further reading.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures and maps\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Notes on the contributors\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction Carol Sanders\u003cbr\u003e 1. French: a planned language? Anne Judge\u003cbr\u003e 2. Sociosituational variation Carol Sanders\u003cbr\u003e 3. Regional variation in France Roger Hawkins\u003cbr\u003e 4. The other languages of France: towards a multilingual policy F. Larousi and J.-B. Marcellesi\u003cbr\u003e 5. The migrant languages of Paris L.-J. Calvet\u003cbr\u003e 6. Gender and language in French Marie-Marthe Gervais\u003cbr\u003e 7. The reform of the writing system Nina Catach\u003cbr\u003e 8. Alternative French Ken George\u003cbr\u003e 9. New words for new technologies Stephen Noreiko\u003cbr\u003e 10. Language and style in politics John Gaffney\u003cbr\u003e 11. French and French Creoles: the case of the French Caribbean Gertrud Aub-Buscher\u003cbr\u003e 12. French in Africa Suzanne Lafage\u003cbr\u003e 13. French in Canada Michel Blanc\u003cbr\u003e 14. Sociolinguistic variation and the linguist Jacques Durand\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Language teaching \u0026amp; learning [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Language teaching \u0026amp; learning\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Language%20teaching%20\u0026amp;%20learning%20%5Bother%20than%20ELT%5D%20%5BCJ%5D%22\"\u003eother than ELT CJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007226171672,"sku":"9780521395052","price":96.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521395052i_bd2415f9-35d8-4046-9eed-14c36ae45241.jpg?v=1691380937","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/french-today-language-in-its-social-context-hardback-9780521395052","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}