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28 Cards in this Set
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D'Amato MoF |
1694 AF published first edition of dictionary, classicalism, modern precision |
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D'Amato MoF |
French Revolution - differences between rev. mid class and varieties, spread uniform French |
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Heiberg Gaulish |
Romans did not impose Latin, instead ignored what they considered 'barbaric' languages |
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Heiberg Celtic |
Franks were v Romanised, left Roman cultural footprint in Gaul |
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Heiberg Celtic |
Julius Caesar treated population 'generously, leaving their cities with a significant measure of autonomy' |
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Heiberg Germanic |
Invasions throughout Europe, grew in frequency and intensity |
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Heiberg OF |
'Given the status of Paris as a cultural and political centre, France became dominant as a literary language during the 12th and 13th centuries' |
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Heiberg MoF |
Main purpose of AF was/still is maintaining 'standards of literary taste' and 'establish[ing] the literary language' |
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Lecomte MoF |
1608 Quebec City founded 1642 Montreal founded became central points from which colony of Nouvelle-France was established |
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Lecomte MoF |
1705 expansive road network project began, centralised Paris and linked regions |
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Lecomte MoF |
1714 Treaty of Rastatt first 'official legal document' in French, expansion as a diplomatic language beyond borders of France |
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Lecomte MoF |
French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic campains = hegemony over a large span of European territories, migration meant French was diffused on a global scale |
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Ostler Celtic |
'Precisely the areas of Western Europe that spoke Celtic in the ancient world now have Latin-derived languages' |
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Ostler OF |
Increasing cultural and political importance of Paris - navigable rivers Ile-de-France, natural crossroads, royal court of the Franks |
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Ostler MiF |
Official documents to be produced 'en langue maternal françois et non autrement' = Parisian French (Francien) valued more highly than other dialects (Provençal) |
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Ostler MoF |
17th century substantial wave of expansion, many French colonizers established themselves in North America |
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Ostler MoF |
Late 17th century saw language varieties of immigrant families level out towards standard French |
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Ostler MoF |
MoF was an era in which French became an international language - diplomatic affairs and colonial expansion |
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Palad OF |
OF is 'a period associated with a number of language varieties that diverged by geographic region and lacked any unifying standardisation' |
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Palad MiF |
Hundred Years War (1337-1453) was 'a long period of intermittent hostilities' |
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Palad MiF |
'The antagonism at the root of the HYW spawned feelings of national pride amongst the population on both sides' |
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Palad MiF |
Vernacular speech was also taking form within the different realms |
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Palad MiF |
'The MiF era is characterised by a plurality of other language varieties spoken on French territory during the Middle Ages' |
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Palad MiF |
'Despite such plurality, linguists commonly maintain that French, as a whole, is the most Germanised language of the Romance group' |
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Palad MiF |
Renaissance period (end C15 - early C17) defined by a revival of classical learning in France, fuelled by various important technological innovations |
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Palad MiF |
1450 first printing press in Europe 1470 von Stein installed first printer in the Sorbonne in Paris |
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Palad MiF |
'Printing altered aspects of the reading process, literary writing, and also language uniformity' |
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Palad MiF |
1539 Ordonnance de Villiers-Cotterêts = a means of uniting the courts as well as making them more accessible to the people |
