Identity, Insecurity and Image: France and LanguageMultilingual Matters, 1 janv. 1999 - 253 pages This text is about the relationship between language and the society that uses it. It specifically aims to discover what drove and drives the French to concentrate so much on language, on what it is that characterises their approach, and on the explanations for the policies governments have pursued in the past and present. |
Table des matières
Insecurity | 15 |
the myth of the hexagon | 42 |
fear of the social outsider | 63 |
the myth of inclusion | 86 |
fear of Franglais | 98 |
Identity | 116 |
Image | 165 |
a policy for openness and diversity? | 191 |
Conclusion | 206 |
Notes | 223 |
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