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Peer reviewedPons-Ridler, Suzanne – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1982
A speech by the president of Senegal on the need for instruction in Parisian French in his country is used as the point of departure for a discussion of such standardization. The proposal for standardization is found idealistic, and the utility of the language taught is judged more important. (MSE)
Descriptors: Dialects, Foreign Countries, French, Language Standardization
