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The Decline of the French Passé Simple

Author : Emmanuelle Labeau
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004463348
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The Decline of the French Passé Simple written by Emmanuelle Labeau and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-06-27 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The disappearance of the French simple past has been hotly debated since the early 20th century. This volume offers an overview of its fortunes since French emerged as a language, provides a description of its distinctive features, and discusses the potential impact of its supposed demise on the whole French verb system. These assumptions are tested against a large corpus of contemporary texts. The study concludes that, despite the erosion of its meaning and its increasingly infrequent use, the simple past tense is still used by native speakers in various contexts, and no single substitute has yet emerged. Nevertheless, the simple past may be evolving into a stylistic marker, making it fertile ground for future cross-linguistic studies.

Linguistic Change in French

Author : Rebecca Posner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198240365
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Linguistic Change in French written by Rebecca Posner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rebecca Posner explores the history of the French language in all its manifestations. Within the framework of modern linguistic theory, she concentrates on how French acquired its distinctive identity and how different varieties of French relate to each other. This book richly illustrates the more technical aspects of linguistic change, and sets evidence of social history against the way the language has changed over time.

Death and Tenses

Author : Neil Kenny
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198754035
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Book Synopsis Death and Tenses by : Neil Kenny

Download or read book Death and Tenses written by Neil Kenny and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In what tense should we refer to the dead? The question has long been asked, from Cicero to Julian Barnes, and answering it is partly a matter of grammar and stylistic convention. But the hesitation, annoyance, even distress that can be caused by the "wrong" tense suggests that more may be at stake--our very relation to the dead. This book, the first to test that hypothesis, investigates how tenses were used in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century France (especially in French but also in Latin) to refer to dead friends, lovers, family members, enemies, colleagues, writers, officials, kings and queens of recent times, but also to those who had died long before, whether Christ, the saints, or the ancient Greeks and Romans who posthumously filled the minds of Renaissance humanists. Did tenses refer to the dead in ways that granted them differing degrees of presence (and absence)? Did tenses communicate dimensions of posthumous presence (and absence) that partly eluded more concept-based affirmations? The investigation ranges from funerary and devotional writing to Eucharistic theology, from poetry to humanist paratexts, from Rabelais's prose fiction to Montaigne's Essais. Primarily a work of literary and cultural history, it also draws on early modern grammatical thought and on modern linguistics (with its concept of aspect and its questioning of "tense"), while arguing that neither can fully explain the phenomena studied. The book briefly compares early modern usage with tendencies in modern French and English in the West, asking whether changes in belief about posthumous survival have been accompanied by changes in tense-use.

Sociolinguistics / Soziolinguistik. Volume 3

Author : Ulrich Ammon
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110199874
Total Pages : 892 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis Sociolinguistics / Soziolinguistik. Volume 3 by : Ulrich Ammon

Download or read book Sociolinguistics / Soziolinguistik. Volume 3 written by Ulrich Ammon and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-07-14 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "SOCIOLINGUISTICS (AMMON) 3.TLBD HSK 3.3 2A E-BOOK".

Time in Languages, Languages in Time

Author : Anna Čermáková
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027258961
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Time in Languages, Languages in Time by : Anna Čermáková

Download or read book Time in Languages, Languages in Time written by Anna Čermáková and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2021-09-17 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume comprises a collection of contrastive studies on language and time. Languages represented include Czech, French, German, Mandarin, Norwegian and Swedish, all of which are contrasted with English. While the amount of published research on temporal relations in general is considerable, less work has been carried out on comparing how we talk about time in various languages and how languages change over time. Several methodological challenges are addressed and solutions proposed, such as how to deal with poor quality historical data and how to identify n-grams in typologically different languages for purposes of comparison. The results of the various studies show how multilingual corpora can increase our knowledge of language-specific features as well as linguistic, typological and cultural differences and similarities across languages.

Sociolinguistic Variation in Seventeenth-Century France

Author : Wendy Ayres-Bennett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139453572
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Book Synopsis Sociolinguistic Variation in Seventeenth-Century France by : Wendy Ayres-Bennett

Download or read book Sociolinguistic Variation in Seventeenth-Century France written by Wendy Ayres-Bennett and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-10-14 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a systematic study of sociolinguistic variation in seventeenth-century France. Drawing on a range of case studies, Wendy Ayres-Bennett makes available data about linguistic variation in this period, showing the wealth and variety of language usage at a time that is considered to be the most 'standardising' in the history of French. Variation is analysed in terms of the speaker's 'pre-verbal constitution' - such as gender, age and socio-economic status - or by the medium, register or genre used. As well as examining linguistic variation itself, the book also considers the fundamental methodological issues that are central to all socio-historical linguistic accounts and, more importantly, addresses the question of what the appropriate sources are for linguists taking a socio-historical approach. In each chapter, the case studies present a range of phonological, morphological, syntactic and lexical issues, which pose different methodological questions for sociolinguists and historical linguists alike.

Capitalism and the Alternatives

Author : Julius H. Grey
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773557164
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Book Synopsis Capitalism and the Alternatives by : Julius H. Grey

Download or read book Capitalism and the Alternatives written by Julius H. Grey and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2019-04-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty years after its global triumph, neo-liberalism is an abject failure. While its advocates have succeeded in convincing citizens that no other way is possible, that no left turn can be made without an economic collapse, they have not fulfilled their promises of a better world and the result has been more inequality, insecurity, and speculation. Many have sought solace in collective goals – nationalism, narrow religion, and gender politics – while notions of universal solidarity, idealism, and humanism have all but disappeared. In Capitalism and the Alternatives Julius H. Grey seeks to rehabilitate economic equality as a fundamental social goal built on universal values such as individualism, liberty, and even romanticism. To achieve this, he argues, it is necessary to move away from national, ethnic, religious, and even gender loyalties. The importance in each society of common culture and widely accepted moral values, Grey suggests, cannot be overstated. With its rampant political correctness, the modern left seems to have lost sight of morality and individual freedom. While most commentators stake out a partisan position in their criticism, Grey's notion of individual romanticism as the basis of a socially progressive society and his stress on free will, culture, classical education, and the right to dissent demand an overhaul of both the right and the left. A fundamental rethinking of the social, political, and economic foundations of modern industrial society, Capitalism and the Alternatives proposes freedom from identity, instead of communitarianism and tradition, as a condition for liberty and justice.

Translingual Francophonie and the Limits of Translation

Author : Ioanna Chatzidimitriou
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100017929X
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Book Synopsis Translingual Francophonie and the Limits of Translation by : Ioanna Chatzidimitriou

Download or read book Translingual Francophonie and the Limits of Translation written by Ioanna Chatzidimitriou and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-02 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translingual Francophonie and the Limits of Translation proposes a novel theoretical lens for the study of translation as theme and practice in works by four translingual, francophone authors: Vassilis Alexakis, Chahdortt Djavann, Nancy Huston, and Andreï Makine. In particular, it argues that translation allows for the most productive encounter with otherness when it is practiced in its "estuarine" dimension. When two foreign bodies of water come into contact in an estuary, often a new environment is created at their shared border that does not, however, invalidate the distinctiveness (chemical, biological, geological etc.) of either fresh or sea water. Similarly, texts translated from one language to another, should ideally not transform into but rather relate to their new host’s linguistic and cultural codes in ways that account both for their undiluted strangeness and the missteps, gaps, and discontinuities, the challenging yet novel and productive articulations of relationality that proliferate at the border of the encounter.

Diachronic and Typological Perspectives on Verbs

Author : Folke Josephson
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 902727181X
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Diachronic and Typological Perspectives on Verbs by : Folke Josephson

Download or read book Diachronic and Typological Perspectives on Verbs written by Folke Josephson and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-10 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume applies a diachronic perspective to the verb and mainly deals with typological change affecting tense, aspect, mood and modality in a variety of Indo-European languages (Latin, Romance, Celtic, Germanic, Slavic, Indo-Iranian, Hittite, and Semitic) and the non-Indo-European Turkic, Amerindian and some Australian languages. The analyses of the structural changes and the interchange between the different grammatical categories that cause them which are presented in the chapters of this volume yield astonishing results. The diachronic perspective combined with a comparative approach provides profound knowledge of the typology of the verb and other typological issues and will serve researchers, as well as advanced and beginning of linguistics students in a way that has rarely been encountered before.

Problems and Perspectives

Author : Wendy Ayres-Bennett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317886526
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Problems and Perspectives written by Wendy Ayres-Bennett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. The book is divided into two parts- the first section is a preliminary to, and contextualises, the discussion of the more specialised topics of the second part. Part two presents problematic and controversial areas in the description and analysis of the contemporary language. Where appropriate historical and sociolinguistic issues are also integrated into the discussion of modern French. 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.

The Story of French

Author : Jean-Benoit Nadeau
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1429932406
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book The Story of French written by Jean-Benoit Nadeau and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2008-01-08 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why does everything sound better if it's said in French? That fascination is at the heart of The Story of French, the first history of one of the most beautiful languages in the world that was, at one time, the pre-eminent language of literature, science and diplomacy. In a captivating narrative that spans the ages, from Charlemagne to Cirque du Soleil, Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow unravel the mysteries of a language that has maintained its global influence despite the rise of English. As in any good story, The Story of French has spectacular failures, unexpected successes and bears traces of some of history's greatest figures: the tenacity of William the Conqueror, the staunchness of Cardinal Richelieu, and the endurance of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Through this colorful history, Nadeau and Barlow illustrate how French acquired its own peculiar culture, revealing how the culture of the language spread among francophones the world over and yet remains curiously centered in Paris. In fact, French is not only thriving—it still has a surprisingly strong influence on other languages. As lively as it is fascinating, The Story of French challenges long held assumptions about French and shows why it is still the world's other global language.

A Rationale for Including Colloquial French as an Integral Part of French Language Studies

Author : Thérèse Marcelle Bonin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book A Rationale for Including Colloquial French as an Integral Part of French Language Studies written by Thérèse Marcelle Bonin and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The French Imparfait and Passé Simple in Discourse

Author : Sharon Rebecca Rand
Publisher : Sil International, Global Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The French Imparfait and Passé Simple in Discourse written by Sharon Rebecca Rand and published by Sil International, Global Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the results of the author's analysis of the use of the imparfait and passé simple tenses in French narrative discourse.

The Concise Blue Book of French Verbs

Author : David M. Stillman
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071761063
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (717 download)

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Download or read book The Concise Blue Book of French Verbs written by David M. Stillman and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2011-04-22 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Add weight to your French verb choices without breaking your back(pack)! In one compact package, The Concise Blue Pocket Book of French Verbs provides 333 of the most important verbs in French in full conjugated form. Each verb is illustrated by example sentences, showing the verb in action. The top 33 verbs are broken down into groups according to key meanings, use with prepositions, and key idiomatic expressions. In addition, the Verb Index links over 2,300 verbs to the verb conjugations. Online you will find a companion website that provides you with extensive bonus content--more than 100 exercises that give you a dynamic way to build your mastery of the French verb system. Features A diagnostic test Audio exercises to improve your listening comprehension Additional exercises that focus on your idiomatic usage of verbs Audio recordings of example sentences to show the Top 30 verbs is use Traditional verb conjugations combined with online exercises + audio Topics include: French Tense Profiles; 333 Fully Conjugated Verbs; English-French Verb Index; Irregular Verb Form Index; French Verb Index

The Decline of Interrogative Phonominal Inversion in the History of French

Author : Dawn Allison Strickland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Decline of Interrogative Phonominal Inversion in the History of French written by Dawn Allison Strickland and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation is an investigation of the decline of pronominal inversion as a question-formation structure in dramatic texts ranging from Old French (twelfth century) to Modern French (twentieth century). It has three goals: (a) to document the decline of interrogative pronominal inversion in (written) French over time, (b) to determine the contexts that favor and disfavor the use of pronominal inversion in direct questions, and (c) to propose an account of the underlying causes of this decline within the theoretical framework of Principles and Parameters/Minimalism.

The Oxford Handbook of the French Language

Author : Wendy Ayres-Bennett
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192634410
Total Pages : 1056 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (926 download)

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Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of the French Language by : Wendy Ayres-Bennett

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the French Language written by Wendy Ayres-Bennett and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-07-09 with total page 1056 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides the first comprehensive reference work in English on the French language in all its facets. It offers a wide-ranging approach to the rich, varied, and exciting research across multiple subfields, with seven broad thematic sections covering the structures of French; the history of French; axes of variation; French around the world; French in contact with other languages; second language acquisition; and French in literature, culture, arts, and the media. Each chapter presents the state of the art and directs readers to canonical studies and essential works, while also exploring cutting-edge research and outlining future directions. The Oxford Handbook of the French Language serves both as a reference work for people who are curious to know more about the French language and as a starting point for those carrying out new research on the language and its many varieties. It will appeal to undergraduate and graduate students as well as established scholars, whether they are specialists in French linguistics or researchers in a related field looking to learn more about the language. The diversity of frameworks, approaches, and scholars in the volume demonstrates above all the variety, vitality, and vibrancy of work on the French language today.

Webster's New World 575+ French Verbs

Author : Gail Stein
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544188772
Total Pages : 719 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book Webster's New World 575+ French Verbs written by Gail Stein and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2008-03-11 with total page 719 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE DEFINITIVE FRENCH VERB REFERENCE Now mastering French verbs is easier than ever. Whether you're studying French in high school or college, need to become more fluent for business, or want to brush up for a trip, Webster's New World 575+ French Verbs is the only verb reference you need. This handy resource lists verbs alphabetically in every mood and tense, complete with idiomatic examples-so you'll not only know how to use a verb, but when to use it, too. Webster's New World 575+ French Verbs is the best French verb reference money can buy, packed with more verbs and more features, such as: * 575 verbs, fully conjugated in easy-to-read charts * A comprehensive review of French verb conjugation * More than 1,400 additional verbs in the infinitive form, fully cross-referenced * Proper usage examples with each listing * An appendix of irregular verbs * Full English-to-French index of all 2,000+ verbs