French in and out of France

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«Insgesamt liefert der Band einen gelungenen Überblick über aktuelle sprachpolitische und soziolinguistische Fragen sowohl in Frankreich als auch in einem großen Teil der frankophonen Welt.» (Claudia Polzin-Haumann, Romanistisches Jahrbuch)
«This book is a significant contribution that offers a fresh perspective on the multifaceted status of French within and outside France. Its most striking strength is the authors' highly scientific capacities in seeking deeper insights into the antagonistic situation resulting from colonial culture and the post-independence hegemonic cultures in particular. Its power of analysis lies in the interdisciplinary, quantitative and qualitative approaches involved, providing formalist and structural insights and, more particularly, innovative phenomenological views of French within and beyond in the postcolonial francophone contexts.» (Redouan Saidi, International Journal of Francophone Studies)
«Overall, in its breadth of coverage and its wide-ranging approaches to the study of language policy and practice, this volume is a welcome supplement to existing works on 'la francophonie' and French language policy, which are often limited to a particular geographical area. [.] the volume provides a very useful historical backdrop for understanding contemporary linguistic policy and identity struggles in the countries treated. As such, this volume will clearly be of interest to those concerned with the historical and ideological factors shaping both general language policy and French language use in a wide range of countries.» (Meredith Doran, Bilingual Education and Bilingualism)
«'French in and out of France' is a substantial addition to the literature on the French language. It represents a considerable step towards understanding not only the position of French in the world but also the dilemma some nations have inherited as a result of France's ambition to promote, and in some cases to impose, its language within other nations.» (C. Belkacemi, Journal of French Language Studies)
«It [this book] provides a rigorous and often searching fresco of the French language and its relations with other languages in three European countries (France, Belgium and Switzerland), North Africa (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia) Western and Southern Africa, three Middle East countries (Egypt, Lebanon and Syria), North America (Canada and the United States) and Australia. In their very rich and highly rigorous essays, the authors shed light on how openness in the French language was developed by the end of the colonial period and the extent to which it was able to form part of the state construction process.» (MT, Bulletin Quotidien Europe)
«For those with a specialist interest in the French language, this book is an essential source of up-to-date information on the position of French within and outside of France. It is also a book of considerable interest to all who have a research interest in language planning issues, especially in post-colonial contexts.» (Noel Watts, New Zealand Journal of French Studies)