Professor Rebecca Posner has been Professor of Romance Languages, University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Hugh's College since 1978. She was made Professor Emeritus in 1996. Previous to this, she was Professor of Romance Languages, University of Ghana, 196365; Reader in Language, University of York, 196578; Visiting Professor of Romance Philology, Columbia University, 197172; and Visiting Senior Fellow, Princeton University, 1983.

a very interesting book in which the author shares the fruits of a long and distinguished career of research and reflection on the French language ... this is one of the most interesting and thought-provoking books on the linguistic history of French to have been published in recent years, a real tour de force.

• Introduction ; 1. Defining the Domain ; 2. Sociolinguistic History of French ; 3. Processes of Linguistic Change ; 4. Lexical Change ; 5. Semantic Change ; 6. Phonological Change ; 7. Morphological Change ; 8. Syntactic Change ; In Place of a Conclusion ; Bibliography

Professor Rebecca Posner has been Professor of Romance Languages, University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Hugh's College since 1978. She was made Professor Emeritus in 1996. Previous to this, she was Professor of Romance Languages, University of Ghana, 196365; Reader in Language, University of York, 196578; Visiting Professor of Romance Philology, Columbia University, 197172; and Visiting Senior Fellow, Princeton University, 1983.

a very interesting book in which the author shares the fruits of a long and distinguished career of research and reflection on the French language ... this is one of the most interesting and thought-provoking books on the linguistic history of French to have been published in recent years, a real tour de force.

• Introduction ; 1. Defining the Domain ; 2. Sociolinguistic History of French ; 3. Processes of Linguistic Change ; 4. Lexical Change ; 5. Semantic Change ; 6. Phonological Change ; 7. Morphological Change ; 8. Syntactic Change ; In Place of a Conclusion ; Bibliography

Professor Rebecca Posner has been Professor of Romance Languages, University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Hugh's College since 1978. She was made Professor Emeritus in 1996. Previous to this, she was Professor of Romance Languages, University of Ghana, 196365; Reader in Language, University of York, 196578; Visiting Professor of Romance Philology, Columbia University, 197172; and Visiting Senior Fellow, Princeton University, 1983.

a very interesting book in which the author shares the fruits of a long and distinguished career of research and reflection on the French language ... this is one of the most interesting and thought-provoking books on the linguistic history of French to have been published in recent years, a real tour de force.

• Introduction ; 1. Defining the Domain ; 2. Sociolinguistic History of French ; 3. Processes of Linguistic Change ; 4. Lexical Change ; 5. Semantic Change ; 6. Phonological Change ; 7. Morphological Change ; 8. Syntactic Change ; In Place of a Conclusion ; Bibliography