французский язык

In this article the factors promoting the replacement of the Breton language and the change of a communicative situation in Lower Brittany in the XIX–XXth centuries are analyzed. The principles of language policy of France, forms and consequences of the introduction of general school education, as well as the importance of the world wars for the unification of the communicative space of the region are described.

The article is dedicated to the book:

Клоков В. Т. Французский язык во Франции. Особенности социально-территориальной вариативности. – Саратов : Изд-во Сарат. ун-та, 2011. – 424 с. – (Территориальные варианты романских языков).

At the end of XX century, globalization processes have brought the English language to the leading position. It prevails over other languages in many spheres: in economics, trade, engineering, science, computer science, etc. Due to this factor some of the languages have already disappeared, others are disappearing, yet others, and French among them, withstand and continue to retain their rightful place in international communication.

The article reviews the features of polysemic nouns in the French language in France. A detailed classification of metaphoric and metonymic models of polysemic substantive regionalisms is given.

The article is dedicated to the books:

Ванюков А. И. Литературный XX век: перевалы, перекрестки, перепутья: сборник статей. Саратов: Изд-во Сарат. ун-та, 2017. 324 с.

Бусурина Е. Ю., Иванцова Е. И., Колесникова В. В. Французский язык. Сборник лексико-грамматических упражнений к учебнику «ÉCHO A2», 200 exercices pour «ECHO A2». М.: МГИМО-Университет, 2016. 167 с.

Globalization processes are widely reflected in the way many languages function and develop in the modern world. Based on his own observations and the works of foreign linguists the author of the article analyzes separate aspects of existence and the anticipated prospects of development of the French language under the influence of the economic factor.

The French language in Quebec is different from the general French norm. Its specifics are clearly manifested in the pages of printed media, on local radio and television. At the same time, Canadian media largely influence the development of a local standard. This article is devoted to the analysis of the quality of the French language of the Canadian media and its impact on national language.

The article examines some approaches to the semantics of the French preposition à, more specifically its spatial meaning. The researches of the main French linguists which focus on the semantics of the prepositions, including the preposition à, were analysed as a theoretical basis (cognitive approach).