35.1143, Qs: Questions on French lexical differences

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Subject: 35.1143, Qs: Questions on French lexical differences

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Date: 04-Apr-2024
From: Charlotte Young [charlotteyoung869 at gmail.com]
Subject: Questions on French lexical differences


To Whom it May Concern,

My name is Charlotte I am a student at Queen Mary University of London
and I am currently doing a research project looking at the lexical
differences in French, my research project is titled: Le Pain au
Chocolat ou la Chocolatine: Exploration des Dialectes Régionaux
Français.

For my research project, I must interview a specialist in this subject
area, I was wondering if this would be possible. I will attach my
questions to this request and if possible could you reply to them via
email - in French is preferable. I will fully give credit in my
research to whoever answers my questions.

SEND RESPONSES TO: charlotteyoung869 at gmail.com

Interview Questions (in French):

1.
Tout d'abord, je dois vous demander votre avis sur le débat : Pain au
Chocolat ou Chocolatine ?

2. Pourquoi pensez-vous que ce débat est si important pour de nombreux
Français ?

3. Pourquoi pensez-vous qu'une telle variation lexicale existe ?

4. En observant d'autres variations lexicales en France telles que "
pot ", " cruche ", " broc " ou " carafe " et Crayon de papier vs.
Crayon à papier vs. Crayon de bois vs. Crayon gris et Serpillière vs.
Toile vs. Sinse vs. Wassingue. pourquoi pensez-vous qu'elles existent
?

5. Pourquoi pensez-vous que les gens se sentent si fortement concernés
par ces différences ?

6. Quelle est, selon vous, la raison principale et singulière de ces
différences ?

7. J'ai imaginé 4 raisons principales pour expliquer ces différences :
les dialectes régionaux, les facteurs sociaux/économiques,
l'immigration et la signification culturelle, êtes-vous d'accord ?

8. Pouvez-vous penser à d'autres différences lexicales ? sinon à des
différences significatives de dialecte ?

9. Pourquoi pensez-vous qu'il existe une "norme lexicale et
linguistique" que la plupart des gens considèrent comme la façon
correcte de parler ?

10. Pensez-vous qu'une norme linguistique soit dangereuse pour les
dialectes/langues régionaux ?


(in English)


1.
Firstly I must ask you your opinion on the debate is it Pain au
Chocolat or Chocolatine?

2. why do you believe this debate is so important to many French
people?

3. why do you think such a lexical variation exists?

4. looking at other lexical variations in France such as " pot ", "
cruche ", " broc " ou " carafe "  and Crayon de papier vs. Crayon à
papier vs. Crayon de bois vs. Crayon gris et Serpillière vs. Toile vs.
Sinse vs. Wassingue. why do you think they exist ?

5. why do you think people feel so strongly about these differences?

6. what do you think is the main and singular reason for these
differences?

7. I have devised 4 main reasons for these differences: regional
dialects, social/economic factors and cultural significance, would you
agree?

8. can you think of any other lexical differences? if not any
signifant differences in dialect?

9. why do you think there is one ‘lexical and language norm’ that most
people believe is the correct way of speaking?

10. do you believe that a language norm is dangerous to regional
dialectes/languages?

SEND RESPONSES TO: charlotteyoung869 at gmail.com

Thank you for your time,

Charlotte Young

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
                     Lexicography
                     Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): French (fra)

Language Family(ies): French based



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