Human Geography Chapter 6 part 1
Subject:
Human Geography [1]
Tags:
culture [3]
Linguistics [4]
Dialect [7]
Language [8]
Lexicology [9]
French language [11]
Languages of Europe [12]
Isogloss [13]
WHAT ARE LANGUAGES AND WHAT ROLES DO LANGUAGES PLAY ON CULTURES Scenario: What do they call a quarter pounder with cheese in Paris. They don?t call it a quarter pounder with cheese, they call it a royale with cheese. What do they call a big mac.? Le big mac. Shows globalization of culture and preservation of local and national culture. Language is the fundamental element of local and national culture. French Government worked diligently to protect French language Dates beck to 1635 and creation of Academie Francaise, an institution charged with standardizing and protection the French Language since 1970?s=diffusion of globalized terms=enormous challenge