Meaning of Francosphere | Babel Free

Definitions

The totality of Francophone countries, the geographical or cultural realm of native French-speakers.

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Examples

“Unlike the Yugosphere however what is clear here is that what is outside France is relatively small, ie., France dominates. Still, turn on the European channel of Frances international station and the logo defines the European Francosphere. It says: TV5Monde Direct: France, Belgique, Suisse.”

“Traditional cross-Channel dialogues continue to be valuable, with French Studies scholars in the UK and Ireland maintaining their debates with colleagues in France, Belgium, Switzerland and elsewhere in the Francosphere.”

“Ranging across borders within and beyond the Francosphere — from Algeria to Armenia, to Egypt, to Romania — this book shows how a poetic practice inflected by exile, statelessness or non-belonging has the potential to disrupt long-held assumptions of the relation between subjects, the language they use and the place from which they speak.”

CEFR level