- Languages and Linguistics, English as a lingua franca (ELF), Sociolinguistics, Language Planning and Policy, Language and Identity, Language Policy In France, and 29 moreEnglish Literature, Second Language Acquisition, Language Acquisition, Noam Chomsky, Romantic poetry, Language Policy and Politics of Identity, Language Policy, Language Ideology, Language Planning, Philology, Old and Middle English language, Francophonie, Teaching English As A Foreign Language, Linguistic purism, Applied Linguistics, Folk Linguistics, Language contact, Anglicisms In French, Language Ecology, Ecology of languages, Language Purism, Language and Ideology, Language Ideology and Power Issues, Linguicide, Sociology of Language, Sociolinguistics, Sociology of Languages, Language Policy and Planning, Einar Haugen, Fishman Joshua A., and Pierre Bourdieuedit
- Graduated in Linguistics at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands. My interests include language planning and policy, and linguistic interventionism and purism.edit
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The increasing dominance of English has given rise to various language attitudes and government measures attempting to curb the influence of English on the first language. France is a paradigmatic case of language planning and language... more
The increasing dominance of English has given rise to various language attitudes and government measures attempting to curb the influence of English on the first language. France is a paradigmatic case of language planning and language policy, and even today many of the measures are still in place as to ensure that the usage of English is kept to a minimum. This thesis investigates the attempts by the French government to limit the use of English in the public domain, and asks the question whether these attempts have an impact on the acquisition of English as a second language in France. By examining not only the historical origins of France’s language management, but also the current dissemination of opinions and attitudes in the media, it can be concluded that many of the negative effects emanating from the government measures, such as relatively low English proficiency, are the result of France’s unchanged linguistic culture predating the French Revolution that continues to fuel France’s language policy today.
Research Interests: Second Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics, Language Planning and Policy, Language Policy and Politics of Identity, Language Ideology, and 6 moreLanguage and Identity, Teaching English As A Foreign Language, Language Planning, Language Policy, English as a lingua franca (ELF), and Language Policy In France
This dissertation discusses French language policy from an ‘ecology of language’ perspective. By adopting a broad definition of language policy and applying Spolsky’s (2004, 2005) forces of language policy, consisting of (1)... more
This dissertation discusses French language policy from an ‘ecology of language’ perspective. By adopting a broad definition of language policy and applying Spolsky’s (2004, 2005) forces of language policy, consisting of (1) sociolinguistic situation, (2) national identity, (3) globalisation and the spread of English, and (4) interest in linguistic pluralism, to the case of France, it is argued that instead of approaching this case of language policy as a highly successful example of French standardisation, it is more attentive to the linguistic diversity of France to regard it as a case of language loss, or even a case of systematic ‘linguicide’.