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Argots français de métiers : une étude de terrain
French Professional Argots : Field Research search

Author(s): Tatiana Retinskaya
Subject(s): Language studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: professional argots; interviewing; questionnaires; participant observation

Summary/Abstract: The results of the field collection of professional argots are stated in the following paper. Farmers of Ardennes and Aisne departments who deal with cultivating grain-crops, breeding cattle and meat-processing took part in the linguistic experiment. The field records of the oral speech of professional groups were organized in different situations with the use of four methods: interviewing, participant observation, written questionnaires and the so-called method « from the initiated to the initiated ». The method of processing and the presentation of collected material are described and the analysis of the professional argots is given in this work.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 33-39
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: French