Le Franglais: Forbidden English, Forbidden American: Law, Politics and Language in Contemporary France: A Study in
A study of the attempt by French politicians to use the law to forbid the use of words in English and American origin. Classifies some of these words and lists expressions in current use in American and England which are particularly difficult to render in French, comparing these with some equally untranslatable French turns of speech.
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Le Franglais: Forbidden English, Forbidden American: Law, Politics and Language in Contemporary France: A Study in
A study of the attempt by French politicians to use the law to forbid the use of words in English and American origin. Classifies some of these words and lists expressions in current use in American and England which are particularly difficult to render in French, comparing these with some equally untranslatable French turns of speech.
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Le Franglais: Forbidden English, Forbidden American: Law, Politics and Language in Contemporary France: A Study in

Le Franglais: Forbidden English, Forbidden American: Law, Politics and Language in Contemporary France: A Study in

by Philip Thody
Le Franglais: Forbidden English, Forbidden American: Law, Politics and Language in Contemporary France: A Study in

Le Franglais: Forbidden English, Forbidden American: Law, Politics and Language in Contemporary France: A Study in

by Philip Thody

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

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780485121155
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 10/16/2001
Pages: 308
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.65(d)

About the Author

Philip Thody was formerly Professor of French Literature at Leeds University
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