Linguistics: Is the Académie française still relevant?

🏛 The “Académie française”, the French language headquarters, the linguistic mother ship… Or is it really? Since the 17th century, the forty “immortels” (members of the Academy) have ruled the language. But for a few decades now, their power and influence have been heavily challenged. After all, the francophone world has changed quite a bit in four centuries. 🔗 Official website of the Académie française: https://www.academie-francaise.fr/ 🔗 Two articles about the relevance of the Académie from TV5 Monde and France Culture: https://information.tv5monde.com/info/l-academie-francaise-doit-elle-representer-la-francophonie-305075 and https://www.franceculture.fr/litterature/lacademie-francaise-sert-elle-encore-a-quelque-chose ☝️ If you enjoyed this episode, please consider: - supporting on https://www.patreon.com/frenchconversationgroup or https://anchor.fm/frenchconversationgroup - subscribe and share 🇫🇷 French Conversation Group meets weekly in Los Angeles, New York or online. It's meant for non native speakers (beginners, intermediate, advanced) to practice their French and have fun. You're more than welcome to join! Check out this link for more info: https://www.frenchconversationgroup.com