André Goosse (16 April 1926, Liège – 4 August 2019) was a Belgian

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. The son-in-law of Maurice Grevisse, he took over editing and updating Grevisse's last book, ''

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''. In 1988, he married the Belgian writer France Bastia. Professor at the

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, he was also the president of the Conseil international de la langue française. His earliest research was carried out on the work of the 14th century writer from Liège,

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. His work, carried out under the direction of Omer Jodogne, turned into a thesis which he defended in 1959, which was published in 1965. Notable among his publications is a work exposing and commenting on the '' Les rectifications de l'orthographe'' ("corrections to orthography"), which was a report published on 6 December 1990 in the

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. Goosse's book, trying to make the debate less personal, was titled ''La « nouvelle » orthographe, Exposé et commentaires'', published by Ed.Duculot in 1991. . The topic, according to Goosse, was less of a "reform" than of "developments" aimed at eliminating certain "anomalies and absurdities" as well as "contradictions existing among dictionaries". Also noteworthy is ''Une langue, une communauté. Le français en Belgique'', published in 1997 with

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Jean-Marie Klinkenberg Jean-Marie Klinkenberg (born 8 October 1944) is a Belgian linguist and semiotician, professor at the State University of Liège, born in Verviers ( Belgium) in 1944. Member of the interdisciplinary Groupe µ. President of the International Asso ...

Marc Wilmet Marc Wilmet (28 August 1938 – 10 November 2018)De Boeck, of the 14th edition of ''

''. This edition was a complete rewrite. "This time", he told Belgian newspaper ''

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'', "it's like 2,000 pieces of a puzzle have been thrown into the air. Then, we had to rebuild." André Goosse was the secretary of the Académie de Langue et de Littérature françaises de Belgique (

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) from 1996 until 2001. Goosse died on 4 August 2019, at the age of 93.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Goosse, Andre Orthographers Linguists of French Linguists from Belgium Members of the Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique 1926 births 2019 deaths Academic staff of the Université catholique de Louvain