"This book presents a thorough description of morphosyntactic knowledge developed by learners of French in four different learning situations -- first language (L1) acquisition, second (L2) language acquisition, bilingualism, and acquisition by children with Specific Language Im…
by Hewson, John
fromCurrent issues in linguistic theory
This text examines a broad corpus of written texts in English and French, concentrating on those texts which problemise the traditional functioning of the linguistic gender system.
This book examines the variation found in modern spoken French, based on the research programme 'Phonology of Contemporary French' (Phonologie du Français Contemporain, PFC). Extensive data are drawn from all over the French-speaking world, including Algeria, Canada, Louisiana, …
This volume examines the use of French in European language communities outside France from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. The phenomenon of French language usage is explored in a wide variety of communities, namely Bohemian, Dutch, medieval English, German (Prussian)…
"Parmi les milliers de langues qui existent ou ont existé, il semble qu'il y en ait toujours eu une qui ait été plus "prestigieuse" que ses contemporaines. Le latin fut en ce sens une langue dominante jusqu'au XVIIIe siècle, le français en devint une à son tour jusqu'au XXe sièc…
