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Reboul, Olivier – Francais dans le Monde, 1979
Analyses the advertising slogan and its relationship to the various functions of language: expressive, incitative, referential, phatic, metalinguistic, and poetic. (AM)
Descriptors: Expressive Language, French, Language Usage, Mass Media
Calvet, L.-J. – Francais dans le Monde, 1979
Examines the development and usage of abbreviations in modern French. (AM)
Descriptors: Abbreviations, Expressive Language, French, Language Usage
Vigner, Gerard – Francais dans le Monde, 1980
Describes the functions, specific uses, syntactic structure, and typographical characteristics of titles, discussing examples from newspapers, books, films, and scientific journals. Analysis of the semantic relationship between title and text is followed by the description of various instructional techniques for the production of titles and the…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Expository Writing, Expressive Language
Direct linkBrunet, Jean-Paul – Meta, 1980
Analyzes the structure, origins and meanings of the "-o" formations in French slang, characterizing the social groups within which they have gained currency. Points out that this spoken language device usually has a purely expressive, connotational function and that numerous examples of the same formation are found in American English.…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, English, Expressive Language, French
