Claude Duneton

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Claude Duneton (born April 21, 1935 in Lagleygeolle , Département Corrèze , † March 21, 2012 in Lille ) was a French writer, actor, translator, Anglicist, Romance scholar , French scholar and linguist.

life and work

Duneton, who grew up in an Occitan environment, studied English, but was primarily committed to the recognition of multilingualism on French soil and to the maintenance of French. He paid particular attention to figurative expressions and spoken language. He has also appeared as a writer of novels and plays, as a translator from English, and as an actor and director.

Works (French)

  • Parler croquant , Paris 1973, 1978, Meuzac 2009
  • (Ed. With Jean-Pierre Pagliano) Anti-manuel de français à l'usage des classes du second degré et de quelques autres , Paris 1978, 1980
  • La puce à l'oreille. Anthologie des expressions populaires avec leur origine , Paris 1978, 1981; 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 2001, 2005
  • À hurler le soir au fond des collèges. L'enseignement de la langue française , Paris 1984
  • (Arranged with Monique Baile) Chrétien de Troyes, Le Chevalier à la charrette , Paris 1985
  • Le bouquet des expressions images. Encyclopédie thématique des locutions figurées de la langue française , Paris 1990 (1375 pages)
  • Le guide du français familier , Paris 1998
  • Histoire de la chanson française , Paris 1998
  • La mort du français , Paris 1999
  • Au plaisir des mots. Les meilleures chroniques , Paris 2004, 2011 (selection of linguistic glosses from Le Figaro littéraire)
  • Pierrette qui roule. Les terminaisons dangereuses , Paris 2007 (on the feminization of language)

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personal data
SURNAME Duneton, Claude
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French writer, actor, translator, English studies, Romance studies, French studies and linguist
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Lagleygeolle , Corrèze department
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 2012
Place of death Lille