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Synopsis
Uncover the roots of French through Latin and the laws of language evolution. This nonfiction guide surveys how Latin developed into independent Romance languages and how French, in particular, emerged from the language of the north of France. It explains the methods scholars use to trace intermediate stages and to read old texts without modern edits obscuring the original forms.
Expect a clear, structured journey through phonology, morphology, and historical usage. The book combines theoretical insights with concrete examples from old documents, charters, and inscriptions to show how everyday speech transformed over centuries. It also discusses the limits of earlier editors and how modern philology reconstructs the paths from Latin to modern French.
- Learn how Latin evolved into French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Occitan, and how regional varieties shaped the modern language.
- Explore suffixes and word formation, including how new nouns, adjectives, and verbs were created and standardized.
- See how scholars use old charters and manuscripts to reveal authentic intermediate forms and vocabulary shifts.
- Discover how phonetic changes and gender, derivation, and etymology influence everyday French words today.
Ideal for readers interested in linguistics, historical language development, and the French language’s deep past.
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Présentation de l'éditeur
Page 7line 17 from the top, erase: eclnse, sluice, Bohleuse, which are derived from the L.L, exclusa. Page 20 line 11 from the bottom, read :kephale, caput, for daktyloa, digitus. Page 27 line 19 from the bottom, read ;hambre for hombre. Page 32 line 16 from the bottom, read :plaudo for plauda. Page 34 line 4from the top, read :p6cher, to sin, for peoher. Page 44 line 12 from the bottom, erase :the before oraculum. Page 62 line 12 from the bottom, read :pficheur for pgcheur. Page 62 line 10 from the bottom, erase: dS ahonneur. Page .78 line 7from the top, put in :aut before (Q-. walt). Page 89 line 11 from the bottom, read: (pi.) instead of (sing.) Page 113 line 19 from the top, aiteijuxta, add :de (do), a (ad). Page 114 line 7from the top, read: puisque for piusque. Page 115 line 16 from the top, read :momifier for moinifier. Page 116 line 9from the bottom, read :constitutionnel for constitutional.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.
Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org
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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.
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