Observations grammaticales sur quelques articles du Dictionnaire du mauvais langage

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deplace, Guy-Marie, 1772-1843

Language:

French

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Observations grammaticales sur quelques articles du Dictionnaire du mauvais langage" by G.-M. Deplace is a linguistic critique written in the early 19th century. The text examines the inaccuracies and shortcomings of a preceding dictionary that aimed to correct so-called 'bad language' in Lyon. The author seeks to establish clearer guidelines for proper grammar and expression while addressing widespread misconceptions in language usage. The opening of this work presents the author's preface, wherein G.-M. Deplace outlines the necessity to correct and clarify the misinterpretations found in M. Molard's Dictionnaire du Mauvais Langage. He argues that a more thorough grammatical analysis is essential, emphasizing the importance of citing authoritative sources like the Académie while providing detailed explanations of various linguistic rules. Through the initial chapters, he begins a systematic examination of specific expressions and grammatical constructions, critiquing various local idioms and advocating for a more accurate use of the French language. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Produced by Anna Tuinman, Valérie Leduc, Hugo Voisard and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 72.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Release date is 2012-01-24