‘Les anglicismes polluent la langue française’. Purist attitudes in France and Quebec

It is often claimed that France is a particularly purist country; the Acad´emie franc¸aise is seen to be representative of a purist outlook and popular works such as ´Etiemble’s attack on English influence Parlez vous franglais? (´Etiemble, 1964) have served to bolster this view. However, this claim...

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Main Author: Walsh, Olivia
Format: Article
Published: Cambridge University Press 2014
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49649/