Le Franglais: Forbidden English, Forbidden American: Law, Politics and Language in Contemporary France: A Study in

by Philip Thody

A study of the attempt by French politicians to use the law to forbid the use of words in English and American origin. Classifies some of these words and lists expressions in current use in American and England which are particularly difficult to render in French, comparing these with some equally untranslatable French turns of speech.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0485121158
• ISBN13: 9780485121155
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Athlone Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"