SMIRNOVA O.A., ZOLINA D.M. The status of French in Lebanon: mass media and economy
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15688/jvolsu4.2010.1.7
Smirnova Olga Anatolyevna
Candidate of Political Sciences, Associate Professor, International and Political Communications and Cultural Studies Department,
Nizhegorodsky State University named after N.I. Lobachevsky
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Zolina Daria Mikhailovna
Postgraduate Student, Department of International Relations and Foreign Policy,
Nizhegorodsky State University named after N.I. Lobachevsky
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Abstract. In the article the authors analyze the development and the current status of French in Lebanon. First of all they investigate the status of the language in Lebanon, its usage by different confessional communities and social groups, the influence of French policy and Franco-Lebanon relations on the language. Special attention is given to the daily usage of the language in such spheres as mass media and economics.
Key words: France, Lebanon, language status, socio-economic and political changes, relations between countries, socio-cultural and economic spheres, mass media, the spread of English, French policy.
The status of French in Lebanon: mass media and economy by SMIRNOVA O.A., ZOLINA D.M. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.