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, 1928-1999
Other Authors: Evans, Howard, -2012, Pepratx-Evans, Michelle
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Atlantic Highlands, NJ : Athlone, ©1995.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
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:1 online resource (300 pages)
Format: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.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-293) and index.
ISBN:9781441177605
1441177604
1283207222
9781283207225
9786613207227
6613207225

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