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Titre Réflexions sur une initiative politique touchant l'orthographe
Auteur Pierre Encrevé
Mir@bel Revue Langue française
Numéro no 108, décembre 1995 La variation graphique et les rectifications de l'orthographe française (1990) sous la direction de Nina Catach
Rubrique / Thématique
IV. Comment traiter la variation ? Exemples récents d'initiatives publiques
Page 112-120
Résumé anglais On a Political Initiative Concerning Orthography In 1989-1990, an attempt to introduce more regular spelling forms was carried out at the request of the Prime Minister. The way in which this was done was quite new. The immediate results seemed to indicate that the enterprise had been a failure ; however, five years later, we would rather the tempted to interpret it as a success. Was the reform carried out in the right way, or were mistakes made ? Is there any further scope for this kind of action, which saw the collaboration of political authorities, linguists, and the Académie française ? And what about the establishment of a committee for the harmonisation of dictionaries ?
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