Sociolinguistic Variation in Contemporary French.

This chapter examines the semantic development of fortuné in Modern French, charting its sociostylistic variation from the 18th to the 21st century. It focuses particularly on the increasing use of fortuné in its current sense of 'rich/wealthy', and the negative reception of this new sense...

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Author / Creator: Beeching, Kate.
Other Authors / Creators:Armstrong, Nigel.
Gadet, Françoise.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2009.
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