French language, linguistic diversity, DLF, Association for Defense of French Language, Globish, anglicisms, language preservation, cultural heritage, Francophone world
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The Association for the Defense of the French Language fights against the impoverishment of the French language and promotes linguistic diversity.
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[...] The association therefore has links with the highest French institutions such as the Academy and it has delegations in all French regions. But its influence is also international since it acts in the Francophone world, which is approximately of the world's population, especially in Africa where 85% of Francophones are found. DLF fights two enemies: The Anglo-American: one can think of the Black Friday or to stores like PicWic Toys or even to the emails and to the clusters due to COVID-19. [...]
[...] Defend the French language, in France and in the world I have chosen to speak to you about DLF (the Association for the Defense of the French Language). It was founded in 1958 by journalists and writers (Paul Camus, Jules Romain, and Jean Cocteau) who were concerned about the degradation of the French language in the press as well as in all sectors of activity. They wanted to preserve for the beauty of a language spoken for 10 centuries and at the origin of masterpieces of thought and literature. [...]
[...] This term is a mix of the word 'global' and the word 'english'. It designates a kind of simplified English based on a communication that is utilitarian and rapid. (money and technology). It is necessary to know that : - A language dies every fifteen days, or 25 languages per year. - In the year 2000, there were 5,000 living languages in the world, at the rate it is going, there should be approximately 2,000 by the end of the 21st century.ème century. [...]
[...] - Many languages and cultures are therefore threatened, French is no exception. - Let's not forget that unifying languages and reducing the vocabulary of men is limiting their thought, and making them more easily manipulable. For Lent, we could try in this school for a week to speak the purest possible French, avoid all anglicisms and find French translations for them to enrich our language. Individually, why not try every week to choose a new word from the dictionary and play with using it in the family. [...]
