Je t’aime, moi non plus: la faute au françois

Abstract

Why interrogate the 17th century, the time of the Remarqueurs, to read the current site of the “Dire”, ne pas dire by the Académie française? What is the effect of this institution over time? Doesn’t the continuity of formulas mask reversals of meaning in such different periods? Based on limited data, we will attempt to examine the emergence and persistence of a constructed standard, derived from the ear and emancipated from Latin, which can be experienced today as a variety of language, one that imposes its “correction” even in our articles.