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List of figures, maps and tables |
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List of phonetic symbols and abbreviations |
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2 | (1) |
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3 | (1) |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (5) |
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Multiple meaning: polysemy and homonymy |
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10 | (2) |
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12 | (1) |
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How many words are there in French? |
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14 | (1) |
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15 | (1) |
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16 | (1) |
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17 | (1) |
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18 | (3) |
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Dictionaries of the future |
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21 | (5) |
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The lexical foundations of French |
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26 | (19) |
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26 | (1) |
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26 | (5) |
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The Greek element in Latin |
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31 | (1) |
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32 | (2) |
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34 | (4) |
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38 | (2) |
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40 | (5) |
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Les racines nobles: borrowing from Latin and Greek |
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45 | (14) |
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45 | (1) |
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The effects of phonological change |
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45 | (2) |
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Complementarity and rivalry between Latin and French |
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47 | (2) |
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Patterns of borrowing, from Old French to the present day |
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49 | (2) |
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Types and forms of borrowings |
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51 | (2) |
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Internal motivation for borrowing |
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53 | (1) |
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Latin and Greek influence on orthography |
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54 | (5) |
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59 | (20) |
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59 | (2) |
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61 | (1) |
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Regional borrowings and niveaux de langue |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (6) |
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Suffixation and assimilation |
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69 | (2) |
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The influence of Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan |
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71 | (1) |
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`Exotic' borrowings in the Romance languages |
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72 | (7) |
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English influence: good neighbours or false friends? |
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79 | (24) |
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80 | (6) |
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Enrichment or redundancy? |
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86 | (3) |
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Borrowings in sheep's clothing: cognates and calques |
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89 | (1) |
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The assimilation of Anglicisms |
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90 | (5) |
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95 | (2) |
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97 | (6) |
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New words for old: the derivational processes of French |
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103 | (29) |
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103 | (17) |
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120 | (3) |
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Current trends in word formation |
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123 | (9) |
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Cognitive processes and semantic change |
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132 | (25) |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (1) |
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134 | (1) |
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Innovation, cliche and dead metaphor |
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135 | (2) |
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Metonymy in everyday language |
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137 | (1) |
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Metaphor, comparison and simile |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (6) |
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Metaphor as conceptual tool |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (3) |
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149 | (1) |
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149 | (8) |
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157 | (19) |
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The structure of semantic fields |
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158 | (2) |
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160 | (1) |
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The rise and fall of affixes |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (2) |
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164 | (5) |
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Euphemism, dysphemism and taboo |
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169 | (7) |
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176 | (26) |
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176 | (4) |
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Linguistic varieties and lexical labels |
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180 | (3) |
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Le francais soutenu -- and beyond |
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183 | (3) |
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Register, sociolect and literary style |
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186 | (3) |
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189 | (6) |
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Advertising -- words that sell |
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195 | (7) |
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Argot: from criminal slang to la langue des jeunes |
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202 | (18) |
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202 | (1) |
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From argotique to familier |
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203 | (2) |
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205 | (1) |
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206 | (6) |
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212 | (2) |
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214 | (6) |
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Codification, control and linguistic mythology |
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220 | (24) |
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220 | (5) |
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The norm and dictionary making |
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225 | (3) |
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228 | (4) |
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The language and national identity |
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232 | (1) |
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233 | (4) |
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237 | (7) |
| Bibliography |
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244 | (9) |
| Index |
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