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Le français en Mauritanie : étude morphosyntaxique et lexicale

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Jan. 1, 1995

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Aix-Marseille 1

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Abstract EN:

The french language which is spoken in africa has become a reality which we can describe. As in other french speaking countries, an endogenous style of french has developped in mauritania. This "endogeneity" can be partly explained by the history of the implantation of the french language and by the current complex sociolinguistic situation in which french is one of several different languages used in mauritania. The analysis of the words spoken by the speakers of average french also shows morphosyntatical and lexical specifities.

Abstract FR:

Le francais d'afrique est desormais une realite que l'on peut decrire. A l'instar d'autres pays africains francophones, il s'est cree un francais endogene en mauritanie. Cette "endogeite" trouve, en partie, son explication dans l'histoire de l'implantation du francais et dans la situation sociolinguistique actuelle complexe ou le francais est un element du repertroie linguistique. L'analyse de productions orles de locuteurs de francais moyen montre egalement des specificites morphosyntaxiques et lexicales.