The place of words the Académie Française and its dictionary during an age of revolution Fitzsimmons, Michael P. 1949- creator author. text globe bibliography Electronic books. Dictionary dictionaries. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Dictionaries History Dictionaries. Dictionnaires. nyu 2017 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (xv, 259 pages) A Place of Words examines the fifth and most controversial edition of the dictionary of the Académie Française, published in 1798 and spanning several regimes before the publication of the sixth in 1835. Full of anachronisms and appearing to slight the French Revolution, from the outset the edition received much judgement and critique. Under the Consulate, the government used it as an instrument to assert control over the language. As the first book-length study of this controversial fifth edition, A Place of Words offers insights into the Revolution and Napoleonic periods neglected in previou. The Academie Francaise and its dictionary under the old regime -- The Academie Francaise during the French Revolution -- Who controls language? Michael P. Fitzsimmons. Includes bibliographical references and index. e-fr--- nwht--- Académie française History Académie française French language Lexicography, Historical French language Lexicography History and criticism French language History Dictionaries French language Social aspects France Dictionaries France History Revolution, 1789-1799 Sociolinguistics Haiti Dictionaries Français (Langue) Lexicographie Histoire et critique FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY French French language French language Lexicography French language Social aspects Sociolinguistics France Haiti Revolution (France : 1789-1799) fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9WRTvCqwjRK8jJqvb 1789-1799 fast PC2567 .F48 2017 443/.028 Place of words Fitzsimmons, Michael P., 1949- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017] (DLC) 2017002551 9780190644543 0190644540 9780190644543 0190644540 9780190644550 0190644559 9780190644536 2017028381 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/16540 DLC 170613 20260319163929.8 in00005714900 eng