Lecture by Karina Slunkaite, June 1, 2026
Karina Slunkaite: “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*”
Poster on the occasion of the lecture “Standardization, Variation, and Prestige of French (as a Foreign Language) in German Territories during the Early Modern Period ...” by Karina Slunkaite on June 1, 2026 at TU Dresden.
The lecture examined 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 follows in the tradition of the *Remarques*, the quintessential 17th-century genre for standardizing the French language; but—unlike traditional *Remarques* —is aimed at German-speaking learners and addresses “typical errors” as deviations from an increasingly established standard. It thus illustrates the interconnection between language standardization, notions of prestige, and language pedagogy.
As part of the lecture “Standardization, Variation, and Prestige: French in the Mirror of History" by PD Dr. Franz Meier,
Guests were warmly welcomed.
Online participation was also available.
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, 4:40–6:10 p.m.
WHERE? SLK Faculty, Wiener Straße 48, 01219 Dresden, Room 0.02