The twelve contributions gathered in this volume explore the history of the French language expansion, putting emphasis on the changes brought about by diatopic variation and language contact. They also analyze the role of language policies and normative representations on the dissemination of French, both in Europe and worldwide.

Autorentext
Andreas Dufter, LMU Munich ; Klaus Grübl, LMU Munich ; and Thomas Scharinger, University of Jena, Germany.