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Designed specifically for the language learner and for others requiring a description of informal French morphology and syntax, Colloquial French Grammar is the first detailed non-technical survey in English of the many differences between standard and non-standard usage.

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Author:   Rodney Ball
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Blackwell Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.380kg
ISBN:  

9780631218838

ISBN 10:   0631218831
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   20 August 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. Three Grammatical Processes. 3. Noun Phrases. 4. Verbs. 5. Conjunctions and Prepositions. 6. Sentence Structure and Organization. 7. Grammatical Effects of an Unreformed Spelling System. 8. Conclusions. Appendix 1: Answers to Selected Exercises. Appendix 2: Explanations of Grammatical Terms. Appendix 3: Using the International Phonetic Alphabet. References. Index.

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Rodney Ball has done us a service in providing this compact summary of the major grammatical features of colloquial French, in a form that is at the same time thoroughly linguistic in its approach and quite accessible to the non-specialist. The book would be equally useful for [undergraduate] and graduate students; moreover with its abundant bibliographic references, it could serve well in French linguistics courses. French Review

Author Information

Rodney Ball is Senior Lecturer in French in the School of Modern Languages at the University of Southampton. He has published widely on current developments in the language, and is author of The French-Speaking World: a Practical Introduction to Sociolinguistic Issues (1997).

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