Hilary Wise

The Vocabulary of Modern French

Origins, Structure and Function

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Produktbeschreibung

"The Vocabulary of Modern French" provides a lively and comprehensive overview of the vocabulary of contemporary French: its historical sources, formal organization and social and stylistic functions. The author examines both the relation between social and lexical change, and attempts to intervene in the development of the French language, as well as covering external influences on the language, word formation, semantic change, and style and register. Each chapter is concluded with notes for further reading and suggestions for project work, specifically designed to increase awareness of lexical phenomena, and enable the student-reader to use lexicographic databases of all kinds. A detailed index directs the reader to initial definitions of key concepts, and makes for ease of reference to recurring topics. "The Vocabulary of" "Modern French" will be a key text for all students of modern French.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 155mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9780415117395
• ISBN-10: 0415117399
• Artikelnr.: 21819782

Autorenporträt

Hilary Wise is Senior Lecturer in French at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures, maps and tables, Preface, List of phonetic symbols and
abbreviations 1 Questions and concepts 2 The lexical foundations of French
3 Les racines nobles: borrowing from Latin and Greek 4 The Romance
contribution 5 English influence: good neighbours or false friends? 6 New
words for old: the derivational processes of French 7 Cognitive processes
and semantic change 8 Lexis in society 9 Lexis in context 10 Argot: from
criminal slang to la langue des jeunes 11 Codification, control and
linguistic mythology