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A history of the French language / Peter Rickard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rickard, Peter.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- French language--History.
- French language.
- Historical linguistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (192 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd rev. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Boston : Unwin Hyman, c1989.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This well-established and popular book provides students with all the linguistic background they need for studying any period of French literature.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliography and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-83877-8
- 1-134-83878-6
- 1-280-15633-3
- 9786610156337
- 0-203-42733-5
- 0-203-29773-3
- 9780203427330
- OCLC:
- 191031545
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