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Language Defense, the French Response to Globalization: A Critical Analysis

Nusky, Carmela Esther
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1248209088

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2009, Master of Arts, Miami University, French.
This thesis analyzes the French and Francophone responses to the declining status of the French language in the late nineteenth century and in the late twentieth century. I examine how France has used the Alliance Française to promote French in reaction to both threats. I discuss how the Francophone movement has connected to French and to France to preserve the international status of this language. I evaluate the evidence to determine if French is rightfully a global language. Throughout my analysis, I draw conclusions that differ from the views expressed by Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow in Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong, Pas Si Fous, Ces Français!, and The Story of French. I argue that France and the Francophone movement have realized that their cooperation is necessary to secure the future of French as an international language to counteract the domination of English resulting from globalization.
Patricia Reynaud, PhD (Advisor)
Jesse Dickson, PhD (Committee Member)
Mark McKinney, PhD (Committee Member)
47 p.
Cultural Anthropology; French Canadian Literature; International Relations; Language
France; French; Alliance Fran&231; aise; francophonie; Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF); globalization; Americanization; sociolinguistics; Jean-Beno&238; t Nadeau; Julie Barlow.

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  • Nusky, C. E. (2009). Language Defense, the French Response to Globalization: A Critical Analysis [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1248209088

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Nusky, Carmela. Language Defense, the French Response to Globalization: A Critical Analysis. 2009. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1248209088.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Nusky, Carmela. "Language Defense, the French Response to Globalization: A Critical Analysis." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1248209088

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