by Jacqueline de Romilly · Editions de Fallois · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782877066228
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«Dans le jardin des mots» is Jacqueline de Romilly's essay on French, published by Editions de Fallois in paperback (314 pages, in French).
In these articles, Jacqueline de Romilly picks a word and traces its meaning, etymology and evolution. She shows how society, science and literature load terms with new nuances, and celebrates the richness and vitality of French against the dangers that threaten it.
Work originally published on 4 April 2007, with a preface by André Giovanni. It brings together pieces written by the author over the years.
For readers interested in the French language, etymology and the essay, and for those who want to discover how words reflect history.
Jacqueline Worms de Romilly was a French philologist, classical scholar and fiction writer. She was the first woman nominated to the Collège de France, and in 1988, the second woman to enter the Académie française.
