French Grammar and Usage

French Grammar and Usage is a complete guide to French as it is written and spoken today. It includes clear descriptions of the main grammatical phenomena of French and their use, illustrated by numerous examples taken from contemporary French, and distinguishes the most common forms of usage, both formal and informal.

List of contents

Guide for the user
Glossary of key grammatical terms
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements for the second edition
Acknowledgements for the third edition
Acknowledgements for the fourth edition
Acknowledgements for the fifth edition
1. Nouns
2. Determiners
3. Pronouns
4. Adjectives
5. Adverbs
6. Numbers, measurements, time and quantifiers
7. Verb forms
8. Verb constructions
9. Verb and participle agreement
10. Tense
11. The subjunctive, modal verbs, exclamatives and imperatives
12. The infinitive
13. Prepositions
14. Question formation
15. Relative clauses
16. Negation
17. Conjugations and other linking constructions
Appendix 1: Orthographic Conventions
Appendix 2: Nouvelle Orthographe
Further Reading
Index

About the author

Richard Towell is Emeritus Professor of French Applied Linguistics at the University of Salford, UK.
Marie-Noëlle Lamy is Emeritus Professor of Distance Language Learning at the Open University, UK.
Roger Hawkins is Emeritus Professor of Language and Linguistics at the University of Essex, UK.

Summary

French Grammar and Usage is a complete guide to French as it is written and spoken today. It includes clear descriptions of the main grammatical phenomena of French and their use, illustrated by numerous examples taken from contemporary French, and distinguishes the most common forms of usage, both formal and informal.

Product details

• Authors: Roger Hawkins, Hawkins Roger, Marie-Noëlle Lamy, Richard Towell, Richard (University of Salford Towell, Towell Richard
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032444635
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3244463-5
• No. of pages: 470
• Series: Routledge Reference Grammars
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; French, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / French, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Language teaching and learning, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT)