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A Sociolinguistic History of Parisian French
Contributor(s): Lodge, R. Anthony (Author)

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ISBN: 0521821797     ISBN-13: 9780521821797
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2004
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Annotation: Paris became the largest city in the Western world during the thirteenth century, and has remained influential ever since. This book examines the interlinked history of Parisian speech and the Parisian population through various phases of immigration, dialect-mixing and social stratification from the Middle Ages to the present. It reveals how new urban modes of speech developed during periods of expansion, how the city's elites sought to distinguish their language from that of the masses, and how a working-class vernacular eventually emerged with its own "slang" vocabulary.
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BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics
Dewey: 306.440
LCCN: 2003046184
Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.34" W x 9" L (1.38 lbs) 304 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - French
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
Review Citations: Choice 11/01/2004 pg. 489
 
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Paris became the largest city in the Western world during the thirteenth century, and has remained influential ever since. This book examines the interlinked history of Parisian speech and the Parisian population through various phases of immigration, dialect-mixing and social stratification from the Middle Ages to the present. It reveals how new urban modes of speech developed during periods of expansion, how the city's elites sought to distinguish their language from that of the masses, and how a working-class vernacular eventually emerged with its own slang vocabulary.

Contributor Bio(s): Lodge, R. Anthony: - R. Anthony Lodge is Professor of French Language and Linguistics at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of Le Livre des Manieres d'Etienne de Fougeres (1979), Le Plus Ancien Registre de comptes des Consuls de Montferrand (1985), French: From Dialect to Standard (1993), Exploring the French Language (With N. Armstrong, Y. Ellis and J. Shelton, 1997) and The Earliest Branches of the Roman de Renart (With K. Varty, 2001).
 
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