The subject of the research is the arguments against the Toubon law of 1994 that the authors compare to the most recent major language policy decisions made by the government of France. The Toubon law is viewed as the geopolitical (defense of national culture) and domestic security means (ensurance of the social order). Nevertheless, discussions around this law demonstrate that it lacks a distinct policy and consensus about the areas of future development of the French language. The conservative Toubon law opposes to liberal attempts to simply French spellling in 1990 and the Fioraso law of 2013 that permitted teaching disciplines in English. The author of this article analyzes arguments of the followers and opponents of the above mentioned laws and provides a rich illustrative socio-political material that proves theoretical provisions of the research. In his research the author has applied methods of contextual and discursive analysis as well as the methods of observation, generalisation and description. As
Original languageRussian
Pages (from-to)197-206
JournalLitera
Issue number1
StatePublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes

    Research areas

  • education, European Union, Fioraso law, french language, globalization, language policies, linguistic anthropology, national identity, the Eng-lish language, Toubon law, английский язык, глобализация, европейский союз, закон Тубона, закон Фиоразо, лингвистическая антропология, национальная идентичность, образование, французский язык, языковая политика

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