Post #355

Насколько политические коннотации языка влияют на его общественный статус? Although French was very much imposed by Paris, that's not the whole story: French gained a lot of prestige by being associated with the Revolution and the Republic. In short, it became the language of liberté, égalité and eventually fraternité, while the other languages became associated with nothing but the bad old times. http://lughat.blogspot.com/2016/03/school-in-language-you-dont-speak.html