FRENCH GRENEUR NATURE: A book that attacks preconceived ideas on well-spoken

The launch of the author’s book from Maniwaki. Nevertheless, Pierre Calvé, took place on Wednesday evening at the JR L’Heureux library. However, Titled FRENCH PAINTAUR NATUREthis work tries to break the myth of the superiority of academic French over popular language.

The linguist by training has a more scientific than poetic approach to the language which he sees as a system which is constructed naturally. Moreover, which is perpetual evolution.

For Pierre Calvé. the writing of French must keep strict standards, but the well-spoken must correspond more to the capacity to adapt the register in french greneur nature: book attacks which one is expressed in its environment. The three registers of the language are supported, common and familiar:

The author explains that the Frenchman was standardized at the time of the French Revolution. that before there were several equally valid variants. For him. the Quebec Joual is a modern variant of the French language that we should not try to watered down:

Pierre Calvé is very severe towards certain chroniclers who confuse Quebec terms with abuse of language. but accept the introduction of terms derived from English. He also criticizes the French Academy which tries to freeze the language over time. Which is unnatural according to him.