Social and Linguistic Change in European French

By Nigel Armstrong and Tim Pooley

Book Overview

List of Tables List of Figures Preliminary Remarks: The Links Between Social and Linguistic Change Standardisation and Language Change in France, Belgium and Switzerland Social Levelling: Substantive Transformations, Changing Social Practices and Symbolic Representations Accents and Levelling in France, Belgium and Switzerland The Levelling of Regional Varieties in France Regional Vernacular Varieties and Language Levelling in Belgium and Switzerland Social Factors: Bringing Together Class, Gender, Migration, Ideology and Language References Index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349304972
• ISBN13: 9781349304974
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"