Peter Rickard

A History of the French Language (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Incorporating a description of the Vulgar Latin spoken in Gaul, and the earliest recorded forms of French, the development of the French language through the later Middle Ages and Renaissance period is documented, to show the extent of standardization of form in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134838776
• Artikelnr.: 49984124

Autorenporträt

Peter Rickard

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Preface to the second edition
Abbreviations and phonetic symbols
1. From Vulgar Latin to the recognition of the new vernacular
2. The language of the earliest French texts
3. Old French: language or dialect?
4. Middle French developments
5. Progress and prestige in the sixteenth century
6. Codification and standardisation: Classical and Neo-Classical French
7. From the Revolution to the present day
8. The defence of French
Appendix: The distribution of the French language in the world today
Suggestions for further reading
Index