Claude Duneton

Writer, language historian and English teacher, Claude Duneton has been a columnist for Figaro Littéraire since 2002. He is the author of an anthology of popular French expressions.

Updated: 18 January 2017

By Claude Duneton

Language: French, it's rocket science

Irregular verbs, rebellious participles, arbitrary genders - French is a fiendishly difficult language to master, all grammarians agree. And what if its very complexity explained the success of French mathematicians?

27 May 2009 – Le Figaro (Paris) 55 362

Claude Duneton

By Claude Duneton

Language: French, it's rocket science