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Robert Laffont
EAN : 9782221133422
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 320
Size : 1 x 240 mm
Minus, lapsus and mordicus

Release date : 13/11/2014
We all speak Latin without realising it!
Everyday we use words like lavabo, agenda, or constat which sound very French but actually derive from Latin. The same can be said for consensus, a priori, vice versa, minus, lapsus and referendum. But what about motus and rasibus? Is this not pig Latin, a pseudo-Latin invented by mischievous linguists,... Everyday we use words like lavabo, agenda, or constat which sound very French but actually derive from Latin. The same can be said for consensus, a priori, vice versa, minus, lapsus and referendum. But what about motus and rasibus? Is this not pig Latin, a pseudo-Latin invented by mischievous linguists, always ready to play on words? The answer to this question and to numerous others about the paradox of this language which is said to be ‘dead’ but is very much alive and kicking, is to be found in this playful and surprising book. Merrily skipping from church Latin to judiciary Latin via that used by naturalists or Asterix, Henriette Walter sheds new light upon this language.
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EAN : 9782221133422
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 320
Size : 1 x 240 mm
Robert Laffont