“You, little provincials, who have left the simple scarf for the rich cashmere, buy my Dictionary, you will soon be grateful to me for the care I have taken in your education. » Desgranges
Published in 1821 by Orleans author Jean-Claude Léonard Poisle-Desgranges, this Little Dictionary of the People had the stated vocation of listing all the incorrect expressions that disturb the use of the language to allow the “boors of Paris” or “boors of the villages” to educate themselves to converse without fail! A real lesson in linguistic maintenance to attenuate or mask a social determinism of which the use of language is often the first manifestation…
Its republication by Corsaire editions gives us the opportunity to dive back into French lexicography from the beginning of the 19th century.e century and humorously reminds us that controversies over the proper use of language are not new.
Guest :
- Fabrice Jejcic, linguist, research engineer at the CNRS, is a specialist in the spelling of French and the writing of its dialects. Following Marie-Rose Simoni-Aurembou, he completed, presented and completed the reissue of the Little Dictionary of the People to Corsair editions.
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