L'Académie française and Anglophone language ideologies

Estival, D; Pennycook, A

L'Académie française and Anglophone language ideologies

Estival, D Pennycook, A

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Citation:: Language Policy, 2011, 10 (4), pp. 325 - 341
Issue Date:: 2011-11-01

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dc.contributor.author	Estival, D	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Pennycook, A https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4656-6187	en_US
dc.date.issued	2011-11-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Language Policy, 2011, 10 (4), pp. 325 - 341	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1568-4555	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/19043
dc.description.abstract	The notion in popular linguistic discourse that French suffers from a narrow and prescriptive tradition of language policing, with the Académie Française (AF) as the central player, is frequently contrasted with an image of English as a democratic, borrowing language, better suited to its global role. This misrepresents the role of the AF in the regulation of French while overlooking the role of language ideologies, most evident in the two great dictionary projects (OED and DAF). This paper examines the actual role of the AF and other institutions in French language policy. Exploring popular linguistic representations of the AF and reiterated discourses about the relative numbers of words in English and French, we emphasize the dangers for language policy generally of reinforcing triumphalist views about English. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Language Policy	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/s10993-011-9215-6	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Languages & Linguistics	en_US
dc.title	L'Académie française and Anglophone language ideologies	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.for	2003 Language Studies	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
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Abstract:

The notion in popular linguistic discourse that French suffers from a narrow and prescriptive tradition of language policing, with the Académie Française (AF) as the central player, is frequently contrasted with an image of English as a democratic, borrowing language, better suited to its global role. This misrepresents the role of the AF in the regulation of French while overlooking the role of language ideologies, most evident in the two great dictionary projects (OED and DAF). This paper examines the actual role of the AF and other institutions in French language policy. Exploring popular linguistic representations of the AF and reiterated discourses about the relative numbers of words in English and French, we emphasize the dangers for language policy generally of reinforcing triumphalist views about English. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

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