Le Franglais: forbidden English, forbidden American : law, politics, and language in contemporary France : a study in loan words and national identity
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Main Author: Thody, Philip Malcolm Waller (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Athlone c1995
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-293) and index
pt. 1. Arguments. 1. From the language of politics to the politics of language. 2. Loan words, nationalism and the law. 3. Law, loan words and history -- pt. II. Examples. a. Business, commerce and politics. b. Food, drink and travel. c. The arts, the media and sport. d. Youth, clothes and entertainment -- pt. III. French words in use in English. a. History, politics and diplomacy. b. Food, drink and fashion. c. Art, literature and language. d. Intellectual, physical, social and sexual behaviour, personal characteristics and intellectual distinctions
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:1 Online-Ressource (300 p.)
ISBN:9781441177605
1441177604
0485114763
9780485114768
0485121158
9780485121155

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