Le Franglais: forbidden English, forbidden American ; law, politics and language in contemporary France ; a study in loan words and national identity

A study of the attempt by French politicians to use the law to forbid the use of words of English and American origin. Classifies some of these words and lists expressions in current use in America and England which are particularly difficult to render in French, comparing these with some equally un...

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Main Author: Thody, Philip Malcolm Waller 1928-1999 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London [u.a.] Athlone 1995
Edition:1. publ.
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Summary:A study of the attempt by French politicians to use the law to forbid the use of words of English and American origin. Classifies some of these words and lists expressions in current use in America and England which are particularly difficult to render in French, comparing these with some equally untranslatable French turns of speech.
Physical Description:300 S.
ISBN:0485114763
0485121158

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