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

Author/creator Armstrong, Nigel
Other author Pooley, Timothy, 1949-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Palgrave Macmillan,
Descriptionxvii, 310 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
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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.
Abstract "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 it a particular sociolinguistic slant"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010004047
ISBN9780230219502
ISBN0230219500

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