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Post-Francophile: Stories from the Professional French Masters Program
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Frenchisms for Francophiles
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9781502728456
ISBN13:
9781502728456
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$14.92
Frenchisms for Francophiles
$14.92
The life of a language - its vibrancy, pathos, humor and taste - lies in its many idiomatic expressions and images built over time and layers of culture. Such expressions simplify, accelerate and sum up explanations that might otherwise become wordy or cumbersome. Like a reliable friend, they fit in, greasing the wheels and adding the social glue that allow speaker and listener alike to take a welcome shortcut. Frenchisms for Francophiles presents fifty of those typical expressions, giving them context and meaning. In authentic, but playful vignettes, Meredith Escudier - teacher, translator and inveterate French-watcher - presents each expression with affectionate detachment while giving voice to the originality of the French themselves.
| Author: Meredith Escudier |
| Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: Oct 25, 2014 |
| Number of Pages: 170 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1502728451 |
| ISBN-13: 9781502728456 |
