[HIGHLIGHTS] Alain Bentolila: “The defeat of language is the defeat of thought”

Alain Bentolila: “The defeat of language is the defeat of thought” The famous linguist wants to put an end to preconceived ideas in his latest essay, Controversies on the French language. “This book is a response to the ‘dismayed linguists’ who published a leaflet with this idea according to which the Frenchlanguage is doing wonderfully well, so “move along, there is nothing to see!” We speak as we wish, we write as we Wish, and all is well in the best of all possible worlds.

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