The French Language Today: A Linguistic Introduction

by Adrian Battye, Marie-Anne Hintze, Paul Rowlett

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136903359
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/01/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	360
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Adrian Battye taught internationally and was Lecturer in Romance Linguistics at the University of York until his death in 1993. Marie-Anne Hintze is currently Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Leeds. Paul Rowlett has taught widely throughout the world and is now Head of French at the University of Salford.

Table of Contents

Preface to the second edition Preface to the first edition Acknowledgements 1. The External History of the French Language 2. The Sound System of French 3. French Word Structure 4. The Sentence Structure of French 5. Varieties of French Appendix Glossary Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

'The authors can rightly claim in the preface to the second edition that The French Language Today is still unique in the market in providing undergraduate students with a comprehensive description of the linguistics structure of the modern language.' - - Glenn Ekambi, University of Auckland

'This book is an excellent introduction to French linguistics.' - Joseph Reisdoerfer, The Linguist List

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