French Words

Past, Present and Future
Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-1-85359-496-0
Verlag: Multilingual Matters

Buch, Englisch, 136 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 226 g

Using an original mode of presentation, the ‘textbite’, this book seeks to approach the French vocabulary from as many angles as possible - showing how French words are constructed, the difficulties inherent in defining a word, the relationships words enter into, their origins, and recent trends in word formation. Examples and exercises are provided throughout.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Offord, Malcolm

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1 Words and Their Constituent Parts

2 Words

3 Words With a Long History

4 Words With a Foreign Origin

5 Words with a Short History – Neologisms

Conclusion

Appendix

Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Offord, Malcolm
Malcolm Offord is Reader in French at the University of Nottingham and has published a number of books and articles on the French language. His major publications include Using French: a Guide to Contemporary Usage (CUP) and Using French Synonyms (CUP), both co-authored with R.E. Batchelor, Varieties of Contemporary French (Macmillan), French Sociolinguistic Reader (Multilingual Matters).