Political language, new spellings, neologisms, generational or activist jargons, French seems increasingly difficult to master. In No tongue-in-cheek!Swiss linguists propose to dispel false truths and reinvent our relationship with a constantly changing French language.
Guests:
- Stephanie Pahud, linguist, teacher and researcher in Literature at the University of Lausanne.
- Pascal Singy, honorary professor of sociolinguistics at the University of Lausanne
They publish No tongue-in-cheek! published by Favre, a work which proposes to reinvent our relationship with a language available on all continents and with all accents, but which constantly remains to be explored.
And at the end of the show, find the columnFlea in the ear by Lucie Bouteloup. In the spotlight today, the expression “to get hold of someone”…