This book aims to find out whether French, one of the great languages of the world, is in crisis or not. It traces the history and development of language defence in France and examines the sometimes contradictory attitudes of French people to their beloved language. It assesses the necessity for and the usefulness of the many activities in defence of French and suggests what its future might be.
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"Robin Adamson shows enviable erudition and tact in surveying the legal, political and cultural dimensions of the particularly French notion of the "defense" of the national language, from medieval times to the present and beyond. The comparisons she draws with other European nations offer rich suggestions for study of language planning." -- Associate Professor John Kinder, European Languages and Studies, University of Western Australia
"This book is a unique and fascinating contribution to the field of French language studies and French language policy in particular. In a compelling and eminently readable style, it unravels the complexities of the interplay between politics, power, language and identity played out in the name of the defence of French. It is a richly textured, probing and wide-ranging investigation into the state of French, its past, present and possible future. Very accessible and sure to be a key book not only for students of French and Francophiles, but for linguists, and those interested in language policy and in defending other languages." -- Linda M. Hartley, Lecturer, School of Applied Linguistic & Language Studies, University of Dundee
"This book is a unique and fascinating contribution to the field of French language studies and French language policy in particular. In a compelling and eminently readable style, it unravels the complexities of the interplay between politics, power, language and identity played out in the name of the defence of French. It is a richly textured, probing and wide-ranging investigation into the state of French, its past, present and possible future. Very accessible and sure to be a key book not only for students of French and Francophiles, but for linguists, and those interested in language policy and in defending other languages." -- Linda M. Hartley, Lecturer, School of Applied Linguistic & Language Studies, University of Dundee
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Robin Adamson is Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia, working on contemporary French language. For many years she was Director of the Centre for Applied Language Studies at the University of Dundee, where she worked mainly in the fields of second language acquisition, communicative language teaching and discourse analysis, and also contributed extensively to the new generation of university textbooks such as Le français en faculté. She became an officier in the Ordre des palmes académiques in 1989. Her interest in the defence of French springs from a lifelong passion for the language and the discovery that among her Scottish ancestors are several who died defending France.
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