Emprunts et empreintes de la langue étrangère dans la littérature victorienne et édouardienne

Abstract

The articles in this issue of Cahiers victoriens et edouardiens are part of a larger project entitled ‘Les mots etrangers/The Words of Others’ undertaken by my research group Confluences (CREA - Centre de recherches anglophones) at the University of Paris-Ouest. We are engaged in a study of the use of foreign words in works written in English, with a particular interest in the motives which prompt an author to opt for a foreign word rather than its English equivalent and the impact which such...