The french and the Covid

Document Type : Original Article

Author

French Lecturer Faculty of Arts, University of Alexandria

Abstract

In this new decade, the Coronavirus pandemic is becoming a hot topic. In fact, the Coronavirus has influenced not only our way of thinking and acting but also our way of speaking. This epidemic, which has affected all mentalities, has also affected language. In a few days, people's vocabulary adapted to a new reality. New common terms developed. We are increasingly dealing with Covid conversations. Covid 19 has not only infected people but also the common language.
 
Words have changed in meaning and signs of love have changed. Loving someone is no longer expressed through hugs and kisses but rather through bodily distancing. The lexicon has become richer. Certain words resonate: "total containment", "partial containment", "progressive containment", "quarantine" following the peak of contamination and mortality around the world.
 
Being recent, this pandemic interest us insofar as we propose an exploratory study of the linguistic aspects of this big health crisis