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"This is a study of French words and phrases which, untranslated, have entered the English lexicon. Historians calculate that English, since 1500, has borrowed more words from French than from any other modern foreign language. While it has naturalized many of these words, some have visibly ret...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Scholar, Richard (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2020.
Edition:1st.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
English language > Gallicisms.
English language > Foreign elements > French.
French language > Influence on English.
Anglais (Langue) > Emprunts français.
Français (Langue) > Influence sur l'anglais.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
English language > Foreign elements > French
English language > Gallicisms
French language > Influence on English
English French relations.
English words borrowed from French.
Franglais.
French influence on English.
French words imported into English.
French words in English.
Gallicisms.
Marriage a la Mode.
creolization.
foreign words in English.
galanterie.
history of English.
history of language.
keywords.
language in migration.
multilingualism.
translation studies.
untranslatable words.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
  • Part I. Mixings: 1. French À la Mode
  • 2. Modes of English
  • 3. Creolizing Keywords
  • Part II. Migrations: 4. Naïveté
  • 5. Ennui
  • 6. Caprice
  • Migrants in Our Midst
  • Notes
  • References
  • Acknowledgements
  • Index.

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