The french language before and after the revolution

Authors

  • Paul Lafargue

Keywords:

Revolução Francesa; língua francesa; adaptação; inovação; evolução; neologismo.

Abstract

This article written in 1894 discusses the French language before, during and after the French Revolution, showing some transformations it underwent. These transformations obtained inside the conception of language as an organism that is born, grows and dies. However, like living organisms, language adapts iteself to its natural and social environments. One of the most conspicuous innovations show up at the level of the lexicon. Entirely new words are introduced, but some of them emerge by derivation. The dé- and ré- prefixes, for instance, were largerly used in these words. The same happened to the sufix ”“iser. Most of these innovations entered also the other Romance languages, as is the case with Portuguese. 

 

Author Biography

  • Paul Lafargue

    Revolucionário jornalista socialista franco-cubano, médico, escritor e ativista político, autor de várias obras sobre a história do marxismo. Foi um dos fundadores do Partido Operário Francês em 1879. Na 1ª Internacional ocupou o cargo de secretário correspondente para Espanha entre 1866 e 1868 e foi membro fundador das secções francesa, espanhola e portuguesa. Casou-se com Laura Marx, filha de Karl Marx.

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Published

2019-02-10

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2019)

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The french language before and after the revolution. (2019). Ecolinguística: Revista Brasileira De Ecologia E Linguagem (ECO-REBEL), 5(1), 46-84. https://periodicostestes.bce.unb.br/index.php/erbel/article/view/22807