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Bylin, Maria; Tingsell, Sofia – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2022
The study compares the uses of the native-speaker concept as a legitimizing resource in language-standard ideologies and normative discourse in five languages of European origin. Much research and international discussion has focused on the native speaker of English, a symbolically international language. We aim to show how the native-speaker…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Native Speakers, Language Attitudes, Language Variation
Betters, Jennifer R. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
In the past century, French has shifted from being the native language of many Louisianans to being an endangered dialect. Since the creation of the state agency CODOFIL (Council for the Development of French in Louisiana) in the 1960's, efforts have been made to revitalize French in Louisiana, and since the 1980's, some parishes have offered…
Descriptors: French, Immersion Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Poplack, Shana; Dion, Nathalie – Language, 2009
Because many of the forms participating in inherent variability are not attested in the standard language, they are often construed as evidence of change. We test this assumption by confronting the standard, as instantiated by a unique corpus covering five centuries of French grammatical injunctions, with data on the evolution of spontaneous…
Descriptors: Speech, Language Variation, Grammar, Multivariate Analysis
Pinchon, Jacqueline – Francais dans le Monde, 1973
Part of a continued article. (RL)
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), French, Language Usage, Standard Spoken Usage
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Jenkins, Fred M. – French Review, 1972
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Instruction, Nouns
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Eluerd, Roland – Langue Francaise, 1972
Special issue devoted to the topic of standard spoken usage. (VM)
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Evaluation, French, Language
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Jeanes, R. W. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1972
Continuing series on French grammar. (DS)
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), French, Grammar, Idioms
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Jeanes, R. W. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1970
Identifying articles in French (LE, CE, MON, etc.) will be treated in a forthcoming issue of Canadian Modern Language Review." (DS)
Descriptors: Determiners (Languages), Form Classes (Languages), French, Language Instruction
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Journoud, Sylvain – French Review, 1971
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Styles
George, K. E. M. – Modern Languages, 1975
Discusses abbreviations in contemporary French words from a sociolinguistic point of view, taking into account the morphological and syntactical consequences. (AM)
Descriptors: Abbreviations, French, Language Usage, Language Variation
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Bustin-Lekeu, Francine – French Review, 1973
Surveys conducted among secondary school students in Toulon, France in choice of personal pronouns indicate more prevalent use of tu''. Students consider widespread use of tu'' to be more democratic and thought employment of vous'' on certain occasions is a hypocritical and bourgeois habit. (DS)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Patterns
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Barrera-Vidal, A. – Zielsprache Franzosisch, 1972
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Usage
Poisson, Jacques – Meta, 1975
Discusses problems of terminology in modern-day French-English translation, and means by which translator skills can keep up with linguistic evolution. (Text is in French.) (AM)
Descriptors: Dictionaries, French, Language Patterns, Language Skills
Masselot, Marie-Yvonne; Montredon, J. – Francais dans le Monde, 1973
Examines the influence of the situational environment on language use in the classroom. (RL)
Descriptors: Child Language, French, Language Acquisition, Morphology (Languages)
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Warnant, Leon – Langue Francaise, 1973
Special issue on French dialects. (RL)
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, French, Lexicology, Linguistics
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