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Is classifying ways of speaking classifying people?

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Malo Morvan.

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By: Pascal Paradou Follow

Is there a linguistic norm, a good way to speak?

Why are certain ways of speaking considered faults?

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And how are perceived people who do not express themselves, according to "the norm".

Guest:

Malo Morvan

, sociolinguist.

Author of 

"Classify our ways of speaking, classify people", published by Éditions du Commun.

And the

Elsewhere

in Cotonou column in Benin to talk about the

Ki Zerbo Colloquium

with 

Fabienne Bidou,

Deputy Director of the

French Institute in Benin

. 

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