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

• Autore: Thody Philip Malcolm Waller <1928->
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 1985
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (242 pages)
• Disciplina: 443.21
• Soggetto topico: English language - Paronyms - French; French language - Paronyms - English
• Persona (resp. second.): EvansHoward; ReesGwilym
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Faux amis and key words
• ISBN: 0-485-12043-7; 1-4742-8477-9; 1-4742-4718-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797872403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Linguistics: Bloomsbury Academic Collections