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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511992403321

Autore

Thody Philip Malcolm Waller <1928->

Titolo

Faux amis and key words : a dictionary-guide to French language, culture, and society through lookalikes and confusables / / Philip Thody and Howard Evans

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 1985

ISBN

0-485-12043-7

1-4742-8477-9

1-4742-4718-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Collana

Linguistics : Bloomsbury Academic Collections

Disciplina

443.21

Soggetti

English language - Paronyms - French

French language - Paronyms - English

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- How to use this book -- 1 Administration, Law and the Armed Forces -- 2 History and Politics -- 3 Economics, Industry and Agriculture -- 4 Education and Science -- 5 Philosophy, Religion and Morals -- 6 Sex and the Family -- 7 Travel and Health -- 8 Food and Drink -- 9 Clothes and Houses -- 10 Literature, the Arts and the Media Selective -- Reading List -- Index of Head-Words.

Sommario/riassunto

"Witty, entertaining, and informative, this book on so-called 'false friends' will be of immediate use to anyone using the French language and needing to understand French society and culture. The individual entries have been carefully designed to carry the basic linguistic information required and then develop into a wider consideration of the social and cultural context within which the specific words and phrases are used in current French. As this title is supposed to be used in conjunction with and not instead of a dictionary, it also offers a brief list of recommended reading ranging from standard dictionaries to introductory works on French society and institutions."--Bloomsbury Publishing.