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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808761103321

Autore

Rickard Peter

Titolo

A history of the French language / / Peter Rickard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Boston, : Unwin Hyman, c1989

ISBN

1-134-83877-8

1-134-83878-6

1-280-15633-3

9786610156337

0-203-42733-5

0-203-29773-3

Edizione

[2nd rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Disciplina

440.9

Soggetti

French language - History

Historical linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; 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

Sommario/riassunto

This well-established and popular book provides students with all the linguistic background they need for studying any period of French literature.