Old French
A Concise Handbook

A concise but unusually comprehensive handbook for the students of Old French.

E. Einhorn (Author)

9780521098380, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 9 January 1975

208 pages, 13 tables
21.6 x 13.7 x 1.5 cm, 0.245 kg

A concise but unusually comprehensive handbook for the students of Old French. Based on Dr Einhorn's very successful introductory lecture course for undergraduates, this book describes the phonology, morphology and syntax of standard Old French, paying attention also to the main dialect forms. There are numerous examples in the text; the book also gives representative passages of some length, and a glossary. Students taking university courses and scholars teaching themselves should find in this book an ideal combination of features in a handy format.

List of tables
Preface
Symbols and abbreviations
Technical terms
Introduction: sound and spelling
1. Articles and nouns
2. Contracted and modified forms
3. Adjectives and participles
4. Possessives and demonstratives
5. Verbs: basic patterns
6. Verbs: standard modifications
7. Personal pronouns
8. Relatives and interrogatives
9. Indefinite pronouns and adjectives
10. Adverbs
11. Conjunctions
12. Prepositions
13. Numerals
14. Verb usage
15. Word order and versification
16. Old French dialects
Appendices
Key to exercises
Old French texts
Authors and works quoted
Select bibliography
Glossary.

Subject Areas: Grammar & vocabulary [CJBG]