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Social and Linguistic Change in European French

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  1. Nigel Armstrong

    1. University of Leeds, UK

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  2. Tim Pooley

    1. London Metropolitan University, UK

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. The Links Between Social and Linguistic Change

    • Nigel Armstrong, Tim Pooley
    Pages 1-7

  3. Standardisation and Language Change in France, Belgium and Switzerland

    • Nigel Armstrong, Tim Pooley
    Pages 8-43

  4. Social Levelling: Substantive Transformations, Changing Social Practices and Symbolic Representations

    • Nigel Armstrong, Tim Pooley
    Pages 44-99

  5. Accents and Levelling in France, Belgium and Switzerland

    • Nigel Armstrong, Tim Pooley
    Pages 100-149

  6. The Levelling of Regional Varieties in France

    • Nigel Armstrong, Tim Pooley
    Pages 150-204

  7. Regional Vernacular Varieties and Language Levelling in Belgium and Switzerland

    • Nigel Armstrong, Tim Pooley
    Pages 205-248

  8. Social Factors: Bringing Together Class, Gender, Migration, Ideology and Language

    • Nigel Armstrong, Tim Pooley
    Pages 249-276

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 277-310
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About this book

An in depth examination of linguistic variation and change as a reflection of social convergence in the major French-speaking countries of Europe - France, Belgium and Switzerland. Considered in the context of linguistic levelling the book provides a detailed account of recent social and linguistic change in European French.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Leeds, UK

    Nigel Armstrong

  • London Metropolitan University, UK

    Tim Pooley

About the authors

NIGEL ARMSTRONG teaches French and linguistics at the University of Leeds, UK. Current research projects focus on social, regional and stylistic variation in French, as well as translation. His publications include Social and Stylistic Variation in Spoken French (2001) and Translation, Linguistics, Culture (2005)

TIM POOLEY. After a career spanning 30 years teaching French and linguistics at London Metropolitan University (in its various guises) Tim is now an independent researcher, whose main interests are sociolinguistics variation and minority languages in francophone Europe. His publications include Chtimi (1996) and Language, Dialect and Identity in Lille (2004)

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Social and Linguistic Change in European French

  • Authors: Nigel Armstrong, Tim Pooley

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230281714

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Nigel Armstrong and Tim Pooley 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-21950-2Published: 30 July 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-30497-4Published: 30 July 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-28171-4Published: 30 July 2010

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 310

  • Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Sociolinguistics, Language and Literature, Language Teaching

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