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THOMAS E. CARBONNEAU Linguistic Legislation and Transnational Commercial Activity: France & Belgium For French and francophonic people, the continued vitality of their linguistic heritage is an integral part of their sense of national identity and cultural cohesiveness. The truth of this statement has been corroborated recently by legislative enactments in France and in Belgium which prescribe and/or recommend th e use of French in certain private commercial and governmental activity taking place within these countries. This legislation represents an attempt to provide a partial remedy to what has been perceived generally as the syntactical and lexical "contamination" of the French language resulting from the dominance of English or, more precisely, Ameri can English, in international business transactions and technologi cal development. Born of a common desire to protect the "integrity of th e French language," the provisions of the two legislative instruments are similar in many respects: the earlier French law in fact served as a model for the Belgian decree. They raise the same issues, albeit to differing degrees; namely, the wisdom of modifying linguistic usage through legislative means; th e practicality of enforcing a broad, per haps ill-defined, mandate; and the propriety of having their substan tive
American Journal of Comparative Law – Oxford University Press
Published: Jul 1, 1981
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