Étude sur l’argot français
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Étude sur l'argot français ("Study of French slang") was the first publication in book form by the French
linguist and author of short stories, Marcel Schwob
. The book's co-author was Georges Guieysse. It was written in 1888 when the two had been attending the lectures of Ferdinand de Saussure
and Michel Bréal
at the Collège de France
. On 12 May 1889, soon after they had corrected the proofs, Guieysse committed suicide at the age of 20. The book was published in that year by Émile Bouillon in Paris
.
This short work is notable as the first full demonstration of the deliberate alterations of words that help to form the vocabulary of French slang or argot, and particularly of the special slang typical of the 19th century butchery trade, called Loucherbem. This name is a deliberate rearrangement of boucher ("butcher") and is itself an example of the processes discussed in the book.
Étude sur l'argot français was the first of several contributions by Schwob to the study of the vocabulary of the 15th century poet François Villon
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French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
linguist and author of short stories, Marcel Schwob
Marcel Schwob
Marcel Schwob was a Jewish French writer.-Biography:He was born in Chaville, Hauts-de-Seine on 23 August 1867...
. The book's co-author was Georges Guieysse. It was written in 1888 when the two had been attending the lectures of Ferdinand de Saussure
Ferdinand de Saussure
Ferdinand de Saussure was a Swiss linguist whose ideas laid a foundation for many significant developments in linguistics in the 20th century. He is widely considered one of the fathers of 20th-century linguistics...
and Michel Bréal
Michel Bréal
"Breal" redirects here. For the Rapper see B-RealMichel Jules Alfred Bréal , French philologist, was born at Landau in Rhenish Bavaria. He is often identified as a founder of modern semantics....
at the Collège de France
Collège de France
The Collège de France is a higher education and research establishment located in Paris, France, in the 5th arrondissement, or Latin Quarter, across the street from the historical campus of La Sorbonne at the intersection of Rue Saint-Jacques and Rue des Écoles...
. On 12 May 1889, soon after they had corrected the proofs, Guieysse committed suicide at the age of 20. The book was published in that year by Émile Bouillon in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
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This short work is notable as the first full demonstration of the deliberate alterations of words that help to form the vocabulary of French slang or argot, and particularly of the special slang typical of the 19th century butchery trade, called Loucherbem. This name is a deliberate rearrangement of boucher ("butcher") and is itself an example of the processes discussed in the book.
Étude sur l'argot français was the first of several contributions by Schwob to the study of the vocabulary of the 15th century poet François Villon
François Villon
François Villon was a French poet, thief, and vagabond. He is perhaps best known for his Testaments and his Ballade des Pendus, written while in prison...
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