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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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author: Thody, Philip, 1928-1999.
Other Authors: Evans, Howard, -2012., Pepratx-Evans, Michelle.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:London ; Atlantic Highlands, NJ : Athlone, ©1995.
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