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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Le Franglais : forbidden English, forbidden American : law, politics and language in contemporary France : a study in loan words and national identity
Athlone, 1995
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Note
Bibliography: p. [289]-293
Includes index
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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. The book should interest students of language, history and politics. It shows how some of Gramsci's ideas on the nature of cultural hegemony look in practice.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Arguments: From the language of politics to the politics of language
- Loan words, nationalism and the law
- Law, loan words and history. Part II Examples: Introduction/Business, commerce and politics
- Food, drink and travel
- The arts, the media and sport
- Youth, clothes and entertainment. Part III French Words in Use in English: History, politics and diplomacy
- Food, drink and fashion
- Intellectual physical and social behaviour
- personal characteristics and intellectual distinctions.
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