Nicolas Bérain
Nicolas Bérain (* 17th century; † 18th century) was a French grammarian.
Life
Bérain was a lawyer at the Paris Parliament. He emerged with various writings, including a collection of purist comments on the French language (in the successor to Claude Favre de Vaugelas ), which has recently received linguistic attention.
Works
- Les Différentes Moeurs et coutumes des anciens peuples, dans les actions les plus considérables de la vie , Paris 1668 (136 pages), Amsterdam 1670
- Nouvelles Remarques sur la langue française , par MNB avocat au Parlement de Paris, Rouen 1675 (320 pages), Tours 2006 (dedication to Edouard-Jean Molé de Champlâtreux 1610–1682)
- Calculs faits et faciles à composer sur l'addition, la soustraction, la multiplication et la division , par MN B *, AAP (N. Bérain, avocat au Parlement), Paris 1706 (589 pages)
literature
- Nouvelle Biographie générale ( Ferdinand Hoefer ) 5, 1855, column 427 sv
- Wendy Ayres-Bennett and Magali Seijido, Remarques et observations sur la langue française. Histoire et évolution d'un genre , Paris 2011 (including about Nicolas Bérain)
Web links
- Literature by and about Nicolas Bérain in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- http://www.bvh.univ-tours.fr/Consult/consult.asp?numtable=B372612102%5FFB2066&numfiche=165&mode=3&ecran=0&offset=4 (text of the «Nouvelles Remarques» online in the Bibliothèques Virtuelles Humanistes)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bérain, Nicolas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French grammarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th century |