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The Story of French

Author : Jean-Benoit Nadeau
Publisher : Vintage Canada
ISBN 13 : 0307370496
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book The Story of French written by Jean-Benoit Nadeau and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2010-05-28 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating exploration of the historical and cultural development of the French language from the bestselling authors of Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong. Imagine a language that is watched over by a group of forty “Immortals,” a language with rules so complex that few people ever completely master it, whose status as the world’s lingua franca has been declining for two centuries, whose use in global institutions is waning and whose speakers are so insecure they pass laws banning the use of other languages and spend millions of tax-payers’ dollars to make sure it gets used in literature, music and film. Now imagine a language that is second only to English for the number of countries where it is spoken officially, surpassing both Spanish or Arabic, a language that is the official tongue of two G-7 countries and three European nations, that is employed alongside English in most international institutions and that is the number-two choice of language students across the planet – a language with two million teachers and 100 million students worldwide, and whose number of speakers has tripled in the last fifty years. This paradox is the backdrop for The Story of French, in which bilingual Canadian authors Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow unravel the mysteries of a language that has maintained its global influence in spite of the ascendancy of English. Mixing historical analysis with journalistic observation, and drawing on their experiences living in and travelling to French-speaking countries, they explore how the French language developed over the centuries, how it came to be spoken in the Americas, Africa and Asia, and how it has maintained its global appeal.

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Publisher : TheBookEdition
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (289 download)

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What's in a Name?

Author : Richard Harris
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442626968
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book What's in a Name? written by Richard Harris and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In What's in a Name? editors Richard Harris and Charlotte Vorms have gathered together experts from around the world in order to provide a truly global framework for the study of the urban periphery.

Bulletin de la Société Académique de Laon

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Bulletin de la Société Académique de Laon written by and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Story of French

Author : Jean-Benoît Nadeau
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429932406
Total Pages : 597 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book The Story of French written by Jean-Benoît Nadeau and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2008-01-08 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why does everything sound better if it's said in French? That fascination is at the heart of The Story of French, the first history of one of the most beautiful languages in the world that was, at one time, the pre-eminent language of literature, science and diplomacy. In a captivating narrative that spans the ages, from Charlemagne to Cirque du Soleil, Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow unravel the mysteries of a language that has maintained its global influence despite the rise of English. As in any good story, The Story of French has spectacular failures, unexpected successes and bears traces of some of history's greatest figures: the tenacity of William the Conqueror, the staunchness of Cardinal Richelieu, and the endurance of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Through this colorful history, Nadeau and Barlow illustrate how French acquired its own peculiar culture, revealing how the culture of the language spread among francophones the world over and yet remains curiously centered in Paris. In fact, French is not only thriving—it still has a surprisingly strong influence on other languages. As lively as it is fascinating, The Story of French challenges long held assumptions about French and shows why it is still the world's other global language.

2012

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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110278715
Total Pages : 3064 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book 2012 written by and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 3064 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Particularly in the humanities and social sciences, festschrifts are a popular forum for discussion. The IJBF provides quick and easy general access to these important resources for scholars and students. The festschrifts are located in state and regional libraries and their bibliographic details are recorded. Since 1983, more than 659,000 articles from more than 30,500 festschrifts, published between 1977 and 2011, have been catalogued.

The Legacy of Chrétien de Troyes II

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004456074
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Bulletin bibliographique de la Société internationale arthurienne

Author : International Arthurian Society
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Bulletin bibliographique de la Société internationale arthurienne written by International Arthurian Society and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Random House Book of 20th Century French Poetry

Author : Paul Auster
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0394717481
Total Pages : 689 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book The Random House Book of 20th Century French Poetry written by Paul Auster and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1984-01-12 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 20th Century, France was home to many of the world’s greatest poets. This collection highlights some of the very best verse that came out of a country and century defined by war and liberation. Let Paul Auster guide you through some of the best poetry that 20th century France has to offer. “Indispensable . . . a book that everyone interested in modern poetry should have close to hand, a source of renewable delights and discoveries, a book that will long claim our attention . . . To my knowledge, no current anthology is as full and as deftly edited.”—Peter Brooks, The New York Times Book Review “One of the freshest and most exciting books of poetry to appear in a long while . . . Paul Auster has provided the best possible point of entry into this century's most influential body of poetry.”—Geoffrey O'Brien, The Village Voice

Mapping Multilingualism in 19th Century European Literatures. Le plurilinguisme dans les littératures européennes du XIXe siècle

Author : Olga Anokhina
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 3643910983
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (439 download)

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Download or read book Mapping Multilingualism in 19th Century European Literatures. Le plurilinguisme dans les littératures européennes du XIXe siècle written by Olga Anokhina and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2019 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book undertakes an investigation of European literary multilingualism in the 19th century, particularly the period from 1800 to 1880. It covers writers and works from a broad range of linguistic and geographic contexts, going from France to Russia, from Finland to Italy, and beyond. Cet ouvrage se propose d’explorer le plurilinguisme littéraire dans l’Europe du XIXe siècle, notamment durant la période allant de 1800 à 1880. Il traite d’écrivains et d’œuvres littéraires provenant de divers contextes linguistiques et géographiques, de la France à la Russie, de la Finlande à l’Italie et au-delà.

The Arthur of the French

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Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1786837439
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book The Arthur of the French written by and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This major reference work is the fourth volume in the series "Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages". Its intention is to update the French and Occitan chapters in R.S. Loomis’ "Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages: A Collaborative History" (Oxford, 1959) and to provide a volume which will serve the needs of students and scholars of Arthurian literature. The principal focus is the production, dissemination and evolution of Arthurian material in French and Occitan from the twelfth to the fifteenth century. Beginning with a substantial overview of Arthurian manuscripts, the volume covers writing in both verse (Wace, the Tristan legend, Chretien de Troyes and the Grail Continuations, Marie de France and the anonymous lays, the lesser known romances) and prose (the Vulgate Cycle, the prose Tristan, the Post-Vulgate Roman du Graal, etc.).

On the Margins

Author : Henry
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004651586
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book On the Margins written by Henry and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-11-20 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality, Volume 3

Author : Alena Ledeneva
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1800086148
Total Pages : 669 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality, Volume 3 written by Alena Ledeneva and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2024-02-26 with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a post-human hitchhiker, human life – with its anxiety, ageing, illness and constant need for problem-solving – may look unviable. Yet, for humans, the life struggle is softened by human touch, human emotion and human cooperation. The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality, Volume 3 continues the journey of the two previous volumes into the world’s open secrets, unwritten rules and hidden practices. It focuses on issues of emotional ambivalence and pressures of the digital age. The informal practices presented in this volume demonstrate the urgency of alleviating tensions between continuity and all-too-rapid change and the need to tackle the central problem of modern societies – uncertainty. The volume takes a reader on a ‘biographical’ journey through elusive, taken-for-granted or banal ways of getting things done from over 70 countries and world regions. It offers innovative understanding of the significance of fringes, and challenges the assumption that informality is associated exclusively with poverty, underdevelopment, the Global South, oppressive regimes or the former socialist countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It also maps the patterns of informality around the globe; identifies specific informal practices in a context-sensitive way; and documents their ambivalent impact on people engaged in problem-solving, on societies in which these problems arise, and on humanity overall. Praise for The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality, Volume 3 ‘This book tells a story of human cooperation. It is not the narrative you’ll find in books teaching you how to solve problems. It is an assemblage of something much more endemic, fundamentally human, and much more pervasive than we tend to think of informality. It involves money and power, but also the alternative currencies of gaining advantage or gaming the system.’ Bruce Schneier, author of A Hacker's Mind ‘Alena Ledeneva’s latest database of rule bending is a goldmine for documentary makers and storytellers. Entries from 70 countries, covering a human lifespan from Chinese “anchor babies” to funeral feasts in Azerbaijan, offer remarkable insights into the way the world really works.’ Lucy Ash, journalist

The Legacy of Chrétien de Troyes

Author : Norris J. Lacy
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9789062037483
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book The Legacy of Chrétien de Troyes written by Norris J. Lacy and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 1987 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Historical Records of New Zealand

Author : Robert McNab (1864- ed)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Historical Records of New Zealand written by Robert McNab (1864- ed) and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Historical Records of New Zealand

Author : Robert McNab
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Historical Records of New Zealand written by Robert McNab and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cities Beyond Borders

Author : Nicolas Kenny
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317166000
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Cities Beyond Borders written by Nicolas Kenny and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a body of research covering primarily Europe and the Americas, but stretching also to Asia and Africa, from the mid-eighteenth century to the present, this book explores the methodological and heuristic implications of studying cities in relation to one another. Moving fluidly between comparative and transnational methods, as well as across regional and national lines, the contributors to this volume demonstrate the necessity of this broader view in assessing not just the fundamentals of urban life, the way cities are occupied and organised on a daily basis, but also the urban mindscape, the way cities are imagined and represented. In doing so the volume provides valuable insights into the advantages and limitations of using multiple cities to form historical inquiries.