Garnier Pont-Sainte-Maxence 'my French is good for I was born in France'
1117
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Albigensian Crusade that caused the fall of the Toulousain dynasty
1209-13
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Anonymous poet from Meun apologises for not speaking Parisian French.
13th century
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The Counts of Champagne died out and with it their literary influence, the Counts of Champagne's literary movement was taken over by Paris.
Late 13th century
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Invention of the printing press saw less variation in spelling based upon Parisian usage.
Late 15th century
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Foundation of the Florentine Accademia della Crusca
1582
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Francois de Malherbe becomes Court poet. He believed that French should be readily intelligible; was against neologism and borrowings; negation should have two parts. His work was limited to Court literature.
1605
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Cardinal Richelieu founds l'Academie francaise - the aim of which was to codify the French language.
1635
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Vaugelas' Remarques sur la langue francoise - outlined the language of the social elites
1647
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Increasing belief that French is the language of rationality
18th century
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Merger's Nouvelle Grammaire Francoise - an example of the popular belief that 'bon usage' of the language is the embodiment of logic and rationality. Prescriptiveness of 'bon usage' was legitimised by logic.
1706
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Barere (revolutionary politician) declares that he wants to promote French to unify the nation and suppress dialects
1774
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Antoine de Rivarol 'De l'universalite de la langue francaise' argued that French was the most clear and logic language.
1784
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Abbe Gregoire's 'sur la necesite et les moyens d'aneatir les patois et d'universaliser l'usage de la langue francaise' 1/4 of the population could not understand; 6 million could not hold a conversation
1794
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Foundation of a national education
1832
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Jules Ferry's introduction of compulsory primary education that was free and secular
1881-6
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La loi Deixonne - optional 1hr/week study of the regional dialect
1951
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Foundation of the Conseil international de la langue francaise – to standardise spelling and grammar throughout the French speaking world; ensure French language has appropriate vocabulary for new technologies/processes; to promote French
1967
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Commissions ministérielles de terminologie have been set up to determine ‘appropriate’ new terminology for French
From 1972
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La loi Bas-Lauriol - forbade the exclusive use of foreign language in demand and supply in France
1975
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La loi Toubon - reinforced the 1975 law, forbade the exclusive use of foreign language in international conferences; advertising; media; commerce and contracts
1991
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Rise of vernacular literature
Back
1100-1350 'Classical' Old French period
Card 3
Front
Garnier Pont-Sainte-Maxence 'my French is good for I was born in France'
Back
Card 4
Front
Albigensian Crusade that caused the fall of the Toulousain dynasty
Back
Card 5
Front
Anonymous poet from Meun apologises for not speaking Parisian French.
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