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Djité, Paulin G. 1992. The French revolution and the French language: A paradox? Language Problems and Language Planning 16 (2) : 163–177.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

colonialism | language dominance | language policy | language status | nation

Language as a subject

French

Place, Publisher

John Benjamins

ISBN

0272-2690

Journal DOI

10.1075/lplp

Annotation

This paper argues that there is no incompatibility between the French revolutionary ideals and the subsequent promotion and expansion of the French language. This is additionally illustrated by the example of the post-colonial language policy in former French colonies in Africa.