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Standard French

Index Standard French

Standard French (in French: le français standard, le français normé, le français neutre or le français international, the last being a Quebec invention) is an unofficial term for a standard variety of the French language. [1]

44 relations: Académie française, Acadian French, Belgium, Bescherelle, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Demography, Endogeny (biology), France, French grammar, French language, French phonology, Government of Canada, Grammar, Grammatical conjugation, Hegemony, Imperialism, Language planning, Language policy in France, Le Bon Usage, Lexis (linguistics), Linguistic prescription, Linguistics, List of lexicographers, Louis-Nicolas Bescherelle, Maurice Grevisse, Metropolitan France, Morphology (linguistics), Office québécois de la langue française, Orthography, Pluricentric language, Prestige (sociolinguistics), Pronunciation, Quebec, Quebec French, Second language, Social stigma, Standard English, Standard language, Standard written English, Syntax, Terminology, Varieties of French, Variety (linguistics), Verb.

Académie française

The Académie française is the pre-eminent French council for matters pertaining to the French language.

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Acadian French

Acadian French (français acadien) is a dialect of Canadian French originally associated with the Acadian people of what is now the Canadian Maritimes.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.

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Bescherelle

A Bescherelle is a French language grammar reference book best known for its verb conjugations volumes.

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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian federal Crown corporation that serves as the national public broadcaster for both radio and television.

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Demography

Demography (from prefix demo- from Ancient Greek δῆμος dēmos meaning "the people", and -graphy from γράφω graphō, implies "writing, description or measurement") is the statistical study of populations, especially human beings.

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Endogeny (biology)

Endogenous substances and processes are those that originate from within an organism, tissue, or cell.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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French grammar

French grammar is the set of rules by which the French language creates statements, questions and commands.

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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French phonology

French phonology is the sound system of French.

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Government of Canada

The Government of Canada (Gouvernement du Canada), formally Her Majesty's Government (Gouvernement de Sa Majesté), is the federal administration of Canada.

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Grammar

In linguistics, grammar (from Greek: γραμματική) is the set of structural rules governing the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language.

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Grammatical conjugation

In linguistics, conjugation is the creation of derived forms of a verb from its principal parts by inflection (alteration of form according to rules of grammar).

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Hegemony

Hegemony (or) is the political, economic, or military predominance or control of one state over others.

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Imperialism

Imperialism is a policy that involves a nation extending its power by the acquisition of lands by purchase, diplomacy or military force.

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Language planning

Language planning is a deliberate effort to influence the function, structure, or acquisition of languages or language variety within a speech community.

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Language policy in France

France has one official language, the French language.

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Le Bon Usage

Le Bon Usage (Good Usage), informally called Le Grevisse, is a descriptive book about French grammar first published in 1936 by Maurice Grevisse, and periodically revised since.

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Lexis (linguistics)

In generative linguistics, a lexis or lexicon is the complete set of all possible words in a language (vocabulary).

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Linguistic prescription

Linguistic prescription, or prescriptive grammar, is the attempt to lay down rules defining correct use of language.

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Linguistics

Linguistics is the scientific study of language, and involves an analysis of language form, language meaning, and language in context.

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List of lexicographers

This list contains people who contributed to the field of lexicography, the theory and practice of compiling dictionaries.

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Louis-Nicolas Bescherelle

Louis-Nicolas Bescherelle (10 June 1802 in Paris – 4 February 1883 in Paris) was a French lexicographer and grammarian.

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Maurice Grevisse

Maurice Grevisse (7 October 1895 – 4 July 1980) was a Belgian grammarian.

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Metropolitan France

Metropolitan France (France métropolitaine or la Métropole), also known as European France or Mainland France, is the part of France in Europe.

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Morphology (linguistics)

In linguistics, morphology is the study of words, how they are formed, and their relationship to other words in the same language.

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Office québécois de la langue française

The Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) (Quebec Board of the French Language), sometimes pejoratively referred to as the Quebec language police in English, is a public organization established on March 24, 1961 by the Liberal government of Jean Lesage.

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Orthography

An orthography is a set of conventions for writing a language.

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Pluricentric language

A pluricentric language or polycentric language is a language with several interacting codified standard versions, often corresponding to different countries.

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Prestige (sociolinguistics)

Prestige is the level of regard normally accorded a specific language or dialect within a speech community, relative to other languages or dialects.

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Pronunciation

Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken.

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Quebec

Quebec (Québec)According to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in English; the name is.

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Quebec French

Québec French (français québécois; also known as Québécois French or simply Québécois) is the predominant variety of the French language in Canada, in its formal and informal registers.

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Second language

A person's second language or L2, is a language that is not the native language of the speaker, but that is used in the locale of that person.

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Social stigma

Social stigma is disapproval of (or discontent with) a person based on socially characteristic grounds that are perceived.

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Standard English

Standard English (SE) is the variety of English language that is used as the national norm in an English-speaking country, especially as the language for public and formal usage.

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Standard language

A standard language or standard variety may be defined either as a language variety used by a population for public purposes or as a variety that has undergone standardization.

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Standard written English

Standard written English refers to the preferred form of English as it is written according to prescriptive authorities associated with publishing houses and schools; the standard varieties of English around the world largely align to either British or American English spelling standards.

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Syntax

In linguistics, syntax is the set of rules, principles, and processes that govern the structure of sentences in a given language, usually including word order.

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Terminology

Terminology is the study of terms and their use.

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Varieties of French

Dialects of the French language are spoken in France and around the world.

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Variety (linguistics)

In sociolinguistics a variety, also called a lect, is a specific form of a language or language cluster.

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Verb

A verb, from the Latin verbum meaning word, is a word (part of speech) that in syntax conveys an action (bring, read, walk, run, learn), an occurrence (happen, become), or a state of being (be, exist, stand).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_French

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