TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vladislav Rjéoutski
AU  - Gesine Argent
AU  - Derek Offord
PY  - 2014
CY  - Oxford, United Kingdom
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783035306309
TI  - European Francophonie
T2  - The Social, Political and Cultural History of an International Prestige Language
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-0353-0630-9
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1053282
N2  - This volume examines the use of French in European language communities outside France from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. The phenomenon of French language usage is explored in a wide variety of communities, namely Bohemian, Dutch, medieval English, German (Prussian), Italian, Piedmontese, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish. Each chapter offers unique insight into the existence of francophonie in a given language community by providing illustrations of language usage and detailed descriptions of various aspects of it. The volume as a whole explores such sociolinguistic matters as bilingualism and multilingualism, the use of French as a lingua franca and prestige language, language choice and code-switching, variations in language usage depending on class or gender, language attitudes and language education. The sociohistorical and sociocultural matters considered include the association of a variety of language with the court, nobility or some other social group; the function of French as a vehicle for the transmission of foreign cultures; and the role of language in the formation of identity of various kinds (national, social and personal).
KW  - language community, bilingualism, multilingualism
LA  - English
ER  -