Re: European Observatory for Plurilingualism

MurielB Lun 13 Jan - 8:37

Thank you Gérard for the link. I find very interesting that internet could resuscitate dying languages. Anyway I don't think I will find the time to post on facebook. Reading all your posts and vocable main articles in 3 languages is enough for me. Please go no posting with plurilinguism facebook page it's so interesting . They are very good for our forum and You have hit the nail on the head for many things

JeanPierreD Lun 13 Jan - 14:44

très intéressant podcast qui nous apprend que 49% des français parlent une autre langue que le français, ce qui n'est sans doute déjà pas si mal selon moi ( à quel niveau, ce n'est pas précisé !), à nous ensuite de nous placer dans la perspective du verre à demi-vide ou à moitié plein !

gerardM Lun 13 Jan - 15:47

> 49%...
This figure has to be considered.
In the United States, given the number of immigrants (legally or not), many people can speak foreign languages and sometimes better than English.
Spanish is an official language in many States.
Go to the Metro in Paris and count the number of travelers, trying to guess if they are French.

gerardM Mer 5 Fév - 21:47

European Observatory for Plurilingualism - Page 3 Temp1225

The furor over Coca-Cola's multilingual "America is Beautiful" ad aired during Sunday night's Super Bowl has brought to the forefront of the national (and to some extent international) consciousness the complex truth that language choice is inherently political. In the scholarly literature on language documentation, some linguists have maintained that fieldworkers should keep out of language politics in their documentary work. Others have countered that not taking a political stance in documentary fieldwork is not only not possible, it isn't even desirable. Here we present some additional thoughts on the politics of language and language choice.

[url=http://www.thelanguagedocumentationcrowd.org/blog/2014/2/4/the-politics-of-language-and-language-choice]

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gerardM Mer 5 Fév - 22:46

European Observatory for Plurilingualism - Page 3 Temp1231

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gerardM Lun 3 Mar - 14:53

European Observatory for Plurilingualism - Page 3 Temp1785

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gerardM Lun 3 Mar - 15:05

MurielB Lun 3 Mar - 15:47

oui rien de plus triste que l'uniformisation
http://www.toupie.org/Dictionnaire/Uniformisation.htm

Etymologie : du latin unus, un, seul, unique et forma, forme, configuration.

L'adjectif "uniforme" désigne ce qui est égal ou semblable, qui présente partout et toujours la même forme, la même façon d’être, qui ne montre aucune variété.

vive le muliticulturel et le polyglottisme..

gerardM Ven 7 Mar - 9:50

gerardM Jeu 3 Avr - 23:58

Hi everyone,
European Observatory for Plurilingualism - Page 3 Temp1976

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Percentage of adults in France who can speak the languages below as a native or learned language

gerardM Ven 4 Avr - 0:05

Try that link http://www.languageknowledge.eu/languages/english to know how many people are able to speak English, per European country.

Sad

In France, it's 24.21% before
Estonia 23.4%
Lithuania 20.58%
Poland 19.85%
Romania 17.01%
Portugal 14.87%
Italy 13.74%
Slovakia 12.8%
Hungary 12.43%
Bulgaria 12.25%
Czech Republic 11.75%
Spain 11.7%
but far behind so many others!!

Good page! Do watch it.

gerardM Sam 5 Avr - 21:44

European Observatory for Plurilingualism - Page 3 Temp269

A window on how language develops
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gerardM Dim 6 Avr - 15:30

gerardM Dim 6 Avr - 15:31

MurielB Dim 6 Avr - 15:40

The progression from home sign to village sign to a full sign language "can provide a window onto how language is developed," says Goldberg—and clues about the human brain's hard-wiring for language.

Very interesting indeed !