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Varieties of Contemporary French

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  • © 1990
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Authors:
  1. Malcolm Offord

    1. School of Modern Languages, University of Nottingham, UK

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Part of the book series: Contemporary Language Studies (CLS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Malcolm Offord
    Pages 1-2

  3. Standard French

    • Malcolm Offord
    Pages 3-40

  4. Varieties of French

    • Malcolm Offord
    Pages 41-59

  5. Age, Sex and Socioeconomic Status

    • Malcolm Offord
    Pages 60-94

  6. Field, Medium, Register

    • Malcolm Offord
    Pages 95-142

  7. French within France

    • Malcolm Offord
    Pages 143-194

  8. French outside France

    • Malcolm Offord
    Pages 195-245

  9. French Creolophonia

    • Malcolm Offord
    Pages 246-266

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 267-271
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What is French? Where is it spoken? Who speaks it? How is it spoken? These are some of the questions which this book attempts to answer. It explores the many varieties of French and demonstrates that the choice of a particular variety depends upon a number of factors - some relating to the actual speaker, her/his age, sex, socio-economic status and place of origin, others to the nature of the situation producing the variety. Special attention is paid to geographical variation.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Modern Languages, University of Nottingham, UK

    Malcolm Offord

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