Émigrés : French words that turned English

Book 2020

"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 retained their foreign roots, leading varied lives in the English-speaking world while eluding translation and resisting integration. Carrying traces of their...

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English language Gallicisms

French language Influence on English

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ISBN:

9780691190327

Edition:

First

Description:

pages cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

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

LCCN:

2020003918

Control Number:

3006059

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