History of the French Language Through Texts
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diachronic analysis
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evolution of written French texts
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Francophonie
French Language
French philology
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Grave Accent
historical linguistics
language variation
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Metalinguistic Text
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Middle French
Middle French Period
Modern French
Nasal Consonant
Nasal Vowels
oaths
Past Tenses
Pause
period
Personal Subject Pronouns
pronouns
Qui
Schwa
Scribes
sociolinguistic change
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Strasbourg Oaths
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textual analysis methods
Unpronounced Letters
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- ISBN 9780415099998
- Weight: 740g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 14 Dec 1995
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This new history of the French language allows the reader to see how the language has evolved for themselves. It combines texts and extracts with a readable and detailed commentary allowing the language to be viewed both synchronically and diachronically.
Core texts range from the ninth century to the present day highlight central features of the language, whilst a range of shorter texts illustrate particular points.
The inclusion of non-literary, as well as literary texts serves to illustrate some of the many varieties of French whether in legal, scientific, epistolatory, administrative or liturgical or in more popular domains, including attempts to represent spoken usage.
This is essential reading for the undergraduate student of French.
