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This chapters presents French digital discourse from historical and terminological perspectives and indicates how it is perceived specifically by the general French-speaking public, including a tendency towards conservatism and protectionism of the French language. The chapter then provides an overview of research on written language in electronic messages (SMS, Facebook Messenger, Viber, WhatsApp, Twitter … ) in the French-speaking world and also briefly suggest methodological approaches for data collection, corpora building, and analysis. Furthermore, in order to understand the visible impacts and changes that digital discourse has brought in relation to standardized language, the chapter highlights several Francophone projects as case studies. These include (socio-)linguistic, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and soci(et)al initiatives. The chapter closes with suggestions for future research directions for French digital discourse.
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Rachel Panckhurst, Cougnon, L.-A., & Fairon, C. (2024). French Digital Discourse. In Wendy Ayres-Bennett & Mairi McLaughlin (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the French Language (Oxford Academic, p. p. 377-398). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198865131.013.24