R Lodge, Jane Shelton, Yvette Ellis

Exploring the French Language

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is an accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the structures and use of the French language, suitable for all serious students of French linguistics.

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This book helps students develop a systematic 'linguistic' approach to French. It covers the core topics, ranging from the structure and sounds of the language to discourse and everyday conversation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 1997
• Englisch, Französisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9780340676622
• ISBN-10: 0340676620
• Artikelnr.: 21736255

Autorenporträt

Lodge, R; Shelton, Jane; Ellis, Yvette; Armstrong, Nigel

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - The layman's approach to language contrasted with the
linguist's
The principal branches of linguistics
Varieties of French - The standard language
Language and society
Language and register
The Lexicon - Words and dictionaries
Where do French words come from?
Word formation
Word meaning
The Sound System - Introductions to IPA
The vowel system
The consonant system
Connected speech
Prosodic features
From phonetics to phonology
Morphology and Syntax
Derivational morphology and inflectional morphology
The morphology of spoken French
Grammatical categories
Syntactic structure
Pragmatics
Discourse
Conversational analysis
Index