Dictionnaire des barbarismes et des solécismes

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cyr, Narcisse, 1823?-1894

Contributor:

Boucher-Belleville, J.-P. (Jean-Philippe), 1800-1874

Language:

French

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Dictionnaire des barbarismes et des solécismes" by Cyr and Boucher-Belleville is a linguistic reference book written during the mid-19th century. This book serves as a guide to common grammatical errors and language misuse prevalent in the French spoken in Canada at that time. It aims to preserve the purity of the French language against the influences of English and local dialects. The content of the book consists of an extensive compilation of terms and expressions that are considered incorrect or ill-formed, along with their proper alternatives or meanings. Each entry provides examples of the incorrect usage, often highlighting the anglicisms and other regional variations that have crept into everyday speech. The authors express their concern about the degradation of the French language in Canada, advocating for a return to correct linguistic practices. This dictionary not only functions as a corrective tool but also sheds light on the evolving nature of the language amidst cultural exchanges. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Produced by Gill Martin, Rénald Lévesque, Hugo Voisard, the proofers at DP-International and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net This book was created from images provided by Biblioth`eque et Archives nationales du Québec (http://www.banq.qc.ca/).

Notes:

Reading ease score: 81.6 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Release date is 2009-04-20