Reasons for the Rise of French in Luxembourg : Growth of the Number of Guest Workers and the Feelings of the Luxembourgers

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  • ルクセンブルクにおけるフランス語使用拡大の背景 : 外国人労働者の増加とルクセンブルク人の言語観
  • ルクセンブルク ニオケル フランスゴ シヨウ カクダイ ノ ハイケイ ガイコクジン ロウドウシャ ノ ゾウカ ト ルクセンブルクジン ノ ゲンゴカン

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In the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg people use Luxembourgish, German and French, and there exists a Triglossia. Originally French is used mainly in public, whereas in contrast Luxembourgish and German are used in private. However, according to some recent studies, French is used also when communicating with foreigners in everyday life. Foreign residents constitute 43.8% of the whole population. In addition, workers from the neighboring countries make up 30% of residents in Luxembourg. The total of these two types of guest workers is bigger than the number of Luxembourgers and the majority of the foreigners come from the Romanic languages area. Under these circumstances Luxembourgers are ready to speak the language of the partner, in order to avoid complex communication, so that French is used overwhelmingly in proportion to the increasing number of francophones. Today French is used as a lingua franca because there are a lot of francophones. ......

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  • 都市文化研究

    都市文化研究 16 15-27, 2014-03

    大阪市立大学大学院文学研究科 : 都市文化研究センター

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