May 19, 2026
June 1, 2026 - Lecture "Standardization, variation and prestige of French (as a foreign language) in the German territories of the early modern period: The Remarques sur les germanismes by Éléazar de Mauvillon" by Karina Slunkaite (Heidelberg)
Poster for the lecture “Standardization, Variation, and Prestige of French (as a Foreign Language) in German Territories during the Early Modern Period: Éléazar de Mauvillon’s Remarques sur les germanismes” by Karina Slunkaite (Heidelberg) on June 1, 2026
The lecture examines Éléazar de Mauvillon's Remarques sur les germanismes (1753 [1747]; 1754) in the context of French as a foreign language in the German territories of the early modern period. Mauvillon's two-volume work is in the tradition of the remarques, the language-standardizing text genre for French in the 17th century par excellence, but - unlike traditional remarques - is aimed at German-speaking learners and treats "typical errors" as deviations from an increasingly fixed norm. It thus illustrates the reciprocal link between language standardization, ideas of prestige and language didactics.
As part of the lecture Standardization, Variation and Prestige: French in the Mirror of History by PD Dr. Franz Meier.
Guests are welcome.
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Source of the image used: Mauvillon, Éléazar de, Remarques sur les germanismes, 1753, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Gallica, Public Domain, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k91062545/f7.item.
WHEN? Monday, June 1, 2026, 16:40-18:10
WHERE: Faculty SLK, Wiener Straße 48, 01219 DD, Room 0.02