The French Language Today
A Linguistic Introduction
Price: $150.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-19837-0
- Binding: Hardback (also available in Paperback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 8th June 2000
- Pages: 360
- Illustrations: 10 line drawings
About the Book
The French Language Today is 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.
Reviews
'The authors can rightly claim in the preface to the second edition that The French Language Today is still unique in the market in providing undergraduate students with a comprehensive description of the linguistics structure of the modern language.' - Glenn Ekambi, University of Auckland'This book is an excellent introduction to French linguistics.' - Joseph Reisdoerfer, The Linguist List