Modern French Syntax and Composition

This 1932 volume was created to provide a comprehensive guide to the rules of French syntax.

C. W. Wordsworth (Author)

9780521155496, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 14 April 2011

342 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 1.9 cm, 0.37 kg

Originally published in 1932, this volume was created to provide a comprehensive guide to the rules of French syntax which could be used from Lower School right through to Sixth Form, thus enabling a greater degree of continuity in the learning experience. The book is divided into three parts: part I consists of a short syntax, including many examples of conversational usage; part II contains exercises and connected passages based on the different sections of the syntax; and part III comprises English prose pieces for translation into French, together with a general vocabulary to the exercises, connected passages, and prose pieces. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in linguistics and the history of pedagogy.

Preface
Part I. Syntax: 1. The definite article
2. Omission of the article
3. The partitive article and the preposition de
4. Adjective
5. Negatives
6. Verb + preposition + noun
7. Pouvoir, vouloir, falloir, savoir
8. Il y a
9. Devoir
10. Pronouns
11. C'est and il est
12. Demonstrative and possessive pronouns
13. Indefinite adjectives and pronouns
14. The verb
15. Adverbs
16. Dimension
17. Prepositions
18. Some English words
19. Some French words
20. Irregular verbs
21. Index to syntax
Part II: 22. Exercises and connected passages, I-LXXII
23. Special vocabularies
Part III: 24. School certificate and other prose passages
25. General vocabulary
26. Appendix.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]