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

A unique and wide-ranging introduction to the structures and use of French language. Written with admirable clarity, it is a 'must' for all students of French linguistics.Aidan Coveney, Department of French, University ofA lively textbook.The LinguistTo be welcomed as offering a uniquely wide-ranging and stimulating introduction to the French language.MLRRich array of illustrations...(with) general user-friendliness...the authors succeed in making broad stimulating statements that can be refined, rather than contradicted, in more advanced courses.French Language Studies

• Introduction - The layman's approach to language contrasted with the linguist'sThe principal branches of linguisticsVarieties of French - The standard languageLanguage and societyLanguage and registerThe Lexicon - Words and dictionariesWhere do French words come from?Word formationWord meaningThe Sound System - Introductions to IPAThe vowel systemThe consonant systemConnected speechProsodic featuresFrom phonetics to phonologyMorphology and SyntaxDerivational morphology and inflectional morphologyThe morphology of spoken FrenchGrammatical categoriesSyntactic structurePragmaticsDiscourseConversational analysisIndex

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

A unique and wide-ranging introduction to the structures and use of French language. Written with admirable clarity, it is a 'must' for all students of French linguistics.Aidan Coveney, Department of French, University ofA lively textbook.The LinguistTo be welcomed as offering a uniquely wide-ranging and stimulating introduction to the French language.MLRRich array of illustrations...(with) general user-friendliness...the authors succeed in making broad stimulating statements that can be refined, rather than contradicted, in more advanced courses.French Language Studies

• Introduction - The layman's approach to language contrasted with the linguist'sThe principal branches of linguisticsVarieties of French - The standard languageLanguage and societyLanguage and registerThe Lexicon - Words and dictionariesWhere do French words come from?Word formationWord meaningThe Sound System - Introductions to IPAThe vowel systemThe consonant systemConnected speechProsodic featuresFrom phonetics to phonologyMorphology and SyntaxDerivational morphology and inflectional morphologyThe morphology of spoken FrenchGrammatical categoriesSyntactic structurePragmaticsDiscourseConversational analysisIndex

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

A unique and wide-ranging introduction to the structures and use of French language. Written with admirable clarity, it is a 'must' for all students of French linguistics.Aidan Coveney, Department of French, University ofA lively textbook.The LinguistTo be welcomed as offering a uniquely wide-ranging and stimulating introduction to the French language.MLRRich array of illustrations...(with) general user-friendliness...the authors succeed in making broad stimulating statements that can be refined, rather than contradicted, in more advanced courses.French Language Studies

• Introduction - The layman's approach to language contrasted with the linguist'sThe principal branches of linguisticsVarieties of French - The standard languageLanguage and societyLanguage and registerThe Lexicon - Words and dictionariesWhere do French words come from?Word formationWord meaningThe Sound System - Introductions to IPAThe vowel systemThe consonant systemConnected speechProsodic featuresFrom phonetics to phonologyMorphology and SyntaxDerivational morphology and inflectional morphologyThe morphology of spoken FrenchGrammatical categoriesSyntactic structurePragmaticsDiscourseConversational analysisIndex