Louis Barral (1910–1999) was a
Monégasque lexicographer
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* Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionary, dictionaries.
* The ...
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Lexicographical writings
He was the joint author, with
Suzanne Simone
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People
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, of a French–Monégasque Dictionary (1983). This work complements
Louis Frolla
Louis Frolla (1904-1978) was a clergyman and writer in Monégasque, the national language of the Principality of Monaco.
Lexicographical writings
He was notably the author of a Monégasque Grammar (1960) through the medium of French and a Monég ...
's Monégasque–French Dictionary (1963).
The dictionary and other works have contributed to a flourishing of
literature
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in the
Monégasque language
Monégasque may refer to:
* Monégasque dialect, the local Ligurian dialect of Monaco
* Things or people from, or related to Monaco
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Anthropological activities
Barral was the keeper of the
Prehistoric
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Anthropology
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Museum
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of
Monaco
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History
In April 1958, ''Louis Barral'' discovered the
Cavern of Vallonnet
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along with
René Pascal
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See also
*
Louis Frolla#Lexicographical writings
External links
Official website for the Prehistoric Anthropology Museum of Monaco
1910 births
1999 deaths
French lexicographers
Monegasque writers
French male non-fiction writers
20th-century French male writers
20th-century lexicographers
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