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Problems and perspectives : studies in the modern French language
- Title
- Problems and perspectives : studies in the modern French language / Wendy Ayres-Bennett and Janice Carruthers with Rosalind Temple.
- Author
- Ayres-Bennett, Wendy.
- Publication
- Harlow, England ; New York : Longman, 2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | PC2131 .A97 2001 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xix, 406 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "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." "Aimed primarily at advanced students and researchers in French linguistics, the introductory sections of Part one also make this book accessible to undergraduates beginning their study of French linguistics, and to less specialised readers."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Longman linguistics library
- Uniform Title
- Longman linguistics library
- Alternative Title
- Studies in the modern French language
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [364]-390) and indexes.
- Contents
- pt. I. Preliminaries -- Sect. 1. French: standards and variation -- Sect. 2. Introduction to the description of French: definitions and metalanguage -- Sect. 3. Approaches and schools -- Sect. 4. Choice of topics and approaches -- pt. II. Issues -- Ch. 1. Word-final consonants -- Ch. 2. Nasal vowels -- Ch. 3. Schwa: a maverick novel -- Ch. 4. Verb morphology: conjugation classes and the definition of regularity -- Ch. 5. Aspect in French -- Ch. 6. Past tenses: complex and changing relationships -- Ch. 7. Mood and modality: the French subjunctive -- Ch. 8. Pronominal verbs -- Ch. 9. Declarative word order: French as an SVO language -- Ch. 10. Relations between clauses: subordination, coordination, parataxis -- Ch. 11. Negation -- Ch. 12. Neologisms: internal versus external factors -- Ch. 13. 'Internal' processes of word creation in French.
- ISBN
- 0582293456
- 9780582293458
- 0582293464
- 9780582293465
- LCCN
- 00061374
- OCLC
- ocm44727759
- 44727759
- SCSB-8860065
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library