Académie française
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The Académie française is France’s preeminent learned society responsible for regulating the French language and overseeing matters of linguistic and literary standards.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
cultural institution
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language regulator → learned society → |
| awards |
language prizes
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literary prizes → |
| country |
France
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| EnglishName |
French Academy
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| fieldOfWork |
French literature
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language policy → linguistics → |
| founder |
Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu
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Cardinal Richelieu → |
| foundingDate |
1635
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| foundingPurpose |
to fix the French language
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to give rules to the French language → to render the French language pure, eloquent and capable of treating the arts and sciences → |
| hasOfficialWebsite |
https://www.academie-francaise.fr/
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| hasOrgan |
perpetual secretary
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| hasTypeOfMember |
foreign associate
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full member → |
| headquartersBuilding |
Institut de France
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| headquartersLocation |
Paris
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| historicalContext |
founded under the reign of Louis XIII
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| inceptionPeriod |
17th century
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| influences |
French literary standards
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French orthographic norms → official French neologisms → |
| jurisdiction |
French language used in France
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| languageRegulated |
French language
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| legalStatus |
public institution
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| location |
Paris
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| mainPublication |
Dictionnaire de l’Académie française
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| meetingPlace |
Salle des séances of the Académie française
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| memberOf |
Institut de France
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| membershipType |
les immortels
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| motto |
À l’immortalité
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| nativeLabel |
Académie française
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| notableWork |
successive editions of the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française
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| numberOfMembers |
40
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| parentOrganization |
Institut de France
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| partOf |
French academies of the Institut de France
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| primaryRole |
definition of French vocabulary
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regulation of the French language → standardization of French grammar → standardization of French spelling → |
| publicationType |
dictionary
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| regionServed |
Francophone world
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| regulates |
official French dictionary
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| selectionProcess |
cooptation by existing members
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