Description: Identity, Insecurity and Image : France and Language, Paperback by Ager, D. E., ISBN 1853594423, ISBN-13 9781853594427, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This book is about the relationship between language and the society that uses it. It specifically aims to discover what drives the French to concentrate so much on language, on what characterises their approach, and on the explanations for the policies governments pursue. It concludes that three motives have been and are important: insecurity, identity and image creation. Insecurity — the fear of a possible break-up of the French state from attacks on it — has coloured policy for the regional languages, the fight against Franglais, and policy, often not openly stated, towards certain social categories — the young, women, immigrants, the poor. The desire to affirm French identity and uniqueness is at the origin of policies to reinforce the status of the French language in the public domain. The zeal of the state in spreading French abroad, and a more recent discovery of the importance of language diversity in the world, can be traced to a mixture of altruism and imperialism: a desire to benefit mankind tempered with an intention to ensure the maintenance of Frances world role.
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Book Title: Identity, Insecurity and Image : France and Language
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Identity, Insecurity and Image : France and Language
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Subject: French, Public Policy / Social Policy, Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Personality
Publication Year: 1999
Item Height: 0.6 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.3 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: Dennis E. Ager
Subject Area: Foreign Language Study, Political Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Psychology
Item Width: 5.8 in
Series: Multilingual Matters Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
