Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ211228
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-Sep
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Devergonde, devergondage: les avatars du mot et de la chose (Licentious, Licentiousness: the Changes in the Word and in the Object).
Belesalle, Simone; And Others
Langue Francaise, n43 p45-59 Sep 1979
Examines the problems of clarity, precision, and consistency found in dictionaries' treatment of the adjective "devergonde" and the noun "devergondage," particulary in their figurative forms. (AM)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Definitions, Dictionaries, Etymology, Figurative Language, French, Lexicography, Nouns, Vocabulary
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: French
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