Social and linguistic change in European French / Nigel Armstrong and Tim Pooley.

"Looking at language variation in French using linguistic data that has emerged in recent years from France, Belgium and Switzerland, and comparing it to other European countries, this comparative study sets out to track how language changes have followed social and attitudinal developments, giving...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Armstrong, Nigel (Nigel Robert)
Other Authors: Pooley, Timothy, 1949-
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Subjects:
French language > Social aspects > Foreign countries.
French language > Social aspects > France.
French language > Variation.
Sociolinguistics.
Physical Description:xvii, 310 pages : illustrations
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction
  • Sociolinguistic Variation and Change
  • Social Levelling
  • Linguistic Variation and Change in French
  • Resistance to Homognisation in French-speaking Europe
  • Caste Studies showing counter-examples to levelling in French
  • Variation and Social Factors
  • Synthetic Overview of Variation and Change in French in a Trans-national Perspective
  • Index.