Authors: Adrian Battye, Marie-Anne Hintze, Paul Rowlett
ISBN-13: 9780415198387, ISBN-10: 0415198380
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: June 2000
Edition: 2nd Edition
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the French language from the perspective of modern linguistics. Placing French within its social and historical context, the authors highlight the complex, diverse aspects of the language in a lively and accessible way. A variety of topics is covered, including the distribution of French in the world, the historical development of standard French, the sound system of French, its sentence patterns, and its stylistic and geographical variations.
Fully updated and revised, this new edition places a greater emphasis on sociolinguistics. To make the book more user-friendly, the following new features have been added:
* a further reading guide at the end of each chapter
* a glossary of linguistic terms
* an expanded bibliography and index.
Preface to the second edition | ||
Preface to the first edition | ||
Acknowledgements | ||
1 | The external history of the French language: the standardisation of French and its distribution in the world today | 1 |
2 | The sound system of French | 51 |
3 | French word structure | 119 |
4 | The sentence structure of French | 160 |
5 | Varieties of French | 257 |
App. I | Dialects and regional languages | 311 |
App. II | French in the world | 312 |
Glossary | 313 | |
Bibliography | 326 | |
Index | 339 |