The French Language Today: A Linguistic Introduction - Hardcover

Battye, Adrian; Hintze, Marie-Anne; Rowlett, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415198372 ISBN 13: 9780415198370

Publisher: Routledge, 2000

Synopsis

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.

About this title

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.

Language Notes:

Text: English, French

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0415198372
• ISBN 13: 9780415198370
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 360