Linguistic Spaces Compared: Trajectories and Crossover Processes
Thema: Linguistic Spaces as New Actors in Globalization
By Françoise Massart-PiérardEnglish
This paper discusses the many interactions between linguistic spaces in an attempt to clarify their meaning, origin, role, and interconnections. After considering the advent of new signifiers, including the "X-phone" linguistic groupings, as well as their signifieds in an attempt to uncover the challenges they conceal, the paper analyzes from a geopolitical standpoint the recent developments of a number of linguistic and cultural shared spaces.