Conseil international de la langue française
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The Conseil international de la langue française (International Council for the French Language) is an association formed in 1968 in Paris
whose mission it to enrich the French language and to encourage its influence.
Its work involves producing linguistic tools for French-speaking countries and to support relations with other language. It publishes multilingual dictionaries, in print and electronic media, and maintains a computerised database of terminology
along with a database of spelling and grammar, available online through the Orthonet service.
The Council also publishes educational materiels for French-speaking people and participates in projects on oral traditions and the interaction of languages and cultures. It also publishes the periodicals La banque des mots and Le français moderne.
André Goosse
is the president with Hubert Joly
as the secretary general. The advisors include Henriette Walter, Jacqueline Picoche, André Jaumotte, Charles Muller
, Bernard Pottier, Willy Bal, Marc Wilmet
, and Jean-Marie Klinkenberg
.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
whose mission it to enrich the French language and to encourage its influence.
Its work involves producing linguistic tools for French-speaking countries and to support relations with other language. It publishes multilingual dictionaries, in print and electronic media, and maintains a computerised database of terminology
Terminology
Terminology is the study of terms and their use. Terms are words and compound words that in specific contexts are given specific meanings, meanings that may deviate from the meaning the same words have in other contexts and in everyday language. The discipline Terminology studies among other...
along with a database of spelling and grammar, available online through the Orthonet service.
The Council also publishes educational materiels for French-speaking people and participates in projects on oral traditions and the interaction of languages and cultures. It also publishes the periodicals La banque des mots and Le français moderne.
André Goosse
André Goosse
André Goosse is a Belgian grammarian born in 1926. The son-in-law of Maurice Grevisse, he took over editing and updating Grevisses' last book, Le Bon Usage. In 1988, he married the Belgian writer France Bastia...
is the president with Hubert Joly
Hubert Joly
Hubert Joly, born and raised in France, is president, CEO and a director of Carlson, a global hospitality and travel company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.-Early career:...
as the secretary general. The advisors include Henriette Walter, Jacqueline Picoche, André Jaumotte, Charles Muller
Charles Muller
A. Charles Muller is an academic specializing in Korean Buddhism and East Asian Yogacara, having published numerous books and articles on these topics. He is a resident of Japan, currently teaching at the University of Tokyo...
, Bernard Pottier, Willy Bal, Marc Wilmet
Marc Wilmet
Marc Wilmet is a Belgian linguist and professor at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles. In 1986, he was awarded the Francqui Prize on Human Sciences.-External links:*...
, and Jean-Marie Klinkenberg
Jean-Marie Klinkenberg
Jean-Marie Klinkenberg is a Belgian linguist and semiotician, professor at the State University of Liège, born in Verviers in 1944. Member of the interdisciplinary Groupe µ...
.