Thiéry-Riboulot, Véronica <br/><br/>
A historical semantics study of the French word confinement 

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<br/><br/> A massive rise in the use of the French word for lockdown, confinement, occurred in March and April 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic. Following this remarkable lexical event, a historical semantics study was conducted to understand the linguistic context in which it happened.