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Peer reviewedHainsworth, Paul; Loughlin, John – Contemporary French Civilization, 1984
Discusses various problems concerning the island of Corsica, including economic decline, underdevelopment, emigration, and insularity--all problems which have affected and influenced its linguistic and cultural identity, as well. The dynamics of Corsican relations with the new, socialist France are questioned in reference to a hoped for…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Awareness, Diglossia
Peer reviewedDouaud, P. – Anthropological Linguistics, 1979
Contrasts the situation of the French language and of sociolinguistic research in France and in Canada. (AM)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Ethnography, French, Language Research
Peer reviewedShelly, Sharon L. – Language & Communication, 1999
The global French-speaking community recognizes the need to better coordinate its efforts to assert the vitality of French in a world increasingly dominated by English. In pursuing this goal, the Francophone world has developed an identity crisis. Defenders of French face difficult questions about the relationship between language and culture and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Language Role, Language Variation
Peer reviewedJones, Mari C. – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1998
Discusses the language situation in the region of Brittany in France, where the Breton language, a Celtic rather than Romance language, is dying out but a Breton ethnic identity is growing. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes
Peer reviewedChaudenson, Robert; And Others – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1986
A "system" comprising the learner-speaker, the specific linguistic system itself, and the interactions with native speakers is posited to explain the dynamics of the acquisition of French as a second language. Through self-regulation, this system devises solutions which pertain to that common area in language at the crossroads of…
Descriptors: Correlation, Creoles, French, Grammatical Acceptability
