by Louis-Jean Calvet · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782130460985
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«Argot» is the linguistics essay by Louis-Jean Calvet, published by Presses Universitaires de France in paperback (127 pages, in French).
The essay traces the history of French argot: from a secret language of the underworld to a register difficult to separate from popular French. It analyzes the creation processes of this oral language and shows how many argotic words passed into the common language laden with connotations, turning speech into a sign of identity and marginality.
It belongs to the Que sais-je? collection (number 700) and appears on the cover as L'argot. This edition is from 1994 and includes bibliographic references and an index.
Suitable for students of French and for readers interested in the history of popular language and social identity.
Louis-Jean Calvet was a French linguist.
