« Oh, the audacity ! » : vocabulaire de l’audace dans l’anglais d’hier et d’aujourd’hui

  • Élise Louviot Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, CIRLEP
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34929/sep.vi11.88
Keywords: Audacity, Boldness, Lexicon, Old English, Middle English, Corpora

Abstract

This paper is a presentation of the terms used in English to express the concept of “audace”. A brief comparison of the uses of “audacity” and “boldness” in Present-Day English is followed by an examination of the words used in Old and Middle English.

Published
2019-10-31
How to Cite
Louviot Élise. “« Oh, the Audacity ! » : Vocabulaire De l’audace Dans l’anglais d’hier Et d’aujourd’hui”. Savoirs En Prisme, no. 11, Oct. 2019, pp. 19-26, doi:10.34929/sep.vi11.88.
Issue
No. 11 (2019): L'audace : vertu, valeur
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Articles

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