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Problems and Perspectives Studies in the Modern French Language
426 Pages
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Routledge
426 Pages
by
Routledge
426 Pages
by
Routledge
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Problems and Perspectives- Studies in the Modern French Language looks at a number of interesting or problematic areas in the phonology, morphology, syntax and lexis of the French language and encourages the reader to think critically about different ways of approaching, describing and explaining these issues or data. The book is divided into two parts- the first section is a preliminary to,... Read more
PART 1: PRELIMIARIES1. French standards and variation2. Introduction to the description of French: definitions and metalanguage3. Approaches and schools4. Choice of topics and approachesPART 2: ISSUES1. Word-final consonants2. Nasal vowels3. Schwa: a maverick vowel4. Verb morphology: conjugation classes and the definition of regularity5. Aspect in French6. Past tenses: complex and changing relationships7. Mood and modality: the French subjunctive8. Pronominal verbs9. Declarative word order: French as an SVO language10. Relations between clauses: subordination, coordination, parataxis11. Negation12. Neologisms: internal versus external factors13. 'Internal' processes of word creation in FrenchReferencesIndex of conceptsIndex of names
Biography
Wendy Ayres-Bennett is a Reader in French Philology and Linguistics at the University of Cambridge.
Janice Carruthers is a Lecturer in French at the Queen's University of Belfast.
Rosalind Temple is a Lecturer in French Language and Linguistics at the University of York.
