Remarques sur la langue francoise

by Claude Favre de Vaugelas, edited by Wendy Ayres-Bennett

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Extent: 940 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: French Studies, Language & Linguistics

Series: Classiques Jaunes

Series volume number: 804

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(April 2025)

ISBN: 9782406179849

4.53 x 7.24 inches

Price: $28.00

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This new edition of Remarques sur la langue francoise outlines the development of Claude Favre de Vaugelas’s linguistic theories during the period 1615-1647. It situates Vaugelas in the history of the standardization of the French language while qualifying his reputation as a prescriptivist, underscoring his acceptance of linguistic diversity.

  • By (author) Claude Favre de Vaugelas
  • Edited by Wendy Ayres-Bennett