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French Grammar and Usage 2nd edition [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 480 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 244x170x27 mm, kaal: 866 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 16-May-2001
  • Kirjastus: NTC Publishing Group,U.S.
  • ISBN-10: 0658017985
  • ISBN-13: 9780658017988
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 480 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 244x170x27 mm, kaal: 866 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 16-May-2001
  • Kirjastus: NTC Publishing Group,U.S.
  • ISBN-10: 0658017985
  • ISBN-13: 9780658017988
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Here's the extensively revised and updated edition of a reference renowned for its sweeping coverage, straightforward approach, and simple explanations. Teaming up with native speaker, Marie-Noelle Lamy, the authors give extra attention to areas that are especially difficult for English-speaking learners. The guide is designed for people with an intermediate or advanced knowledge in French, and it covers both formal and informal language. The new edition features fresh examples and even easier to use cross-referencing and indexing.

Grammar demystified, and usage made crystal clear with:

  • Explanations of all major structures of French and points of grammar
  • Up-to-date examples to illustrate grammar and usage
  • Practical tips on what can and what cannot be said
  • Simple-to-use organization, cross-referencing, and indexing


Here's the extensively revised and updated edition of a reference renowned for its sweeping coverage, straightforward approach, and simple explanations. Teaming up with native speaker, Marie-Noelle Lamy, the authors give extra attention to areas that are especially difficult for English-speaking learners. The guide is designed for people with an intermediate or advanced knowledge in French, and it covers both formal and informal language. The new edition features fresh examples and even easier to use cross-referencing and indexing.Grammar demystified, and usage made crystal clear with:Explanations of all major structures of French and points of grammarUp-to-date examples to illustrate grammar and usagePractical tips on what can and what cannot be saidSimple-to-use organization, cross-referencing, and indexing
Guide for the user xi
Glossary of key grammatical terms xiv
Acknowledgements xx
Acknowledgements for the second edition xxi
Nouns
1(22)
Types of noun
1(4)
Gender
5(12)
Number
17(6)
Determiners
23(17)
Articles
23(1)
Typical use of the definite article
24(5)
Typical use of the indefinite article
29(3)
The partitive article: du, de l', de la, des
32(1)
Use of indefinite and partitive articles after the negative forms ne...pas, ne...jamais, ne...plus, ne...guere
33(1)
Omission of the article
34(3)
Demonstrative determiners
37(2)
Possessive determiners
39(1)
Personal and impersonal pronouns
40(38)
Subject pronouns
40(13)
Object pronouns
53(18)
Stressed pronouns
71(4)
Demonstrative pronouns
75(1)
Possessive pronouns
76(2)
Adjectives
78(20)
Adjectives modifying the noun
78(5)
Adjectives which follow verbs or verbal expressions
83(1)
Adjectives with complements
84(1)
Indefinite and negative noun phrases with adjective complements
85(1)
Adjectives used as nouns
85(1)
Adjectives used as adverbs
86(1)
Masculine and feminine forms of adjectives
86(3)
Plural forms of adjectives
89(2)
Adjective agreement with nouns
91(1)
Invariable adjectives
91(1)
Compound adjectives
92(1)
Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives
93(3)
Subjunctive versus indicative in clauses dependent on a superlative adjective
96(1)
Absolute use of the superlative
97(1)
Adverbs
98(28)
Function of adverbs
98(1)
Formation of adverbs with the ending - ment
98(3)
Adjectives used as adverbs without addition of -ment
101(1)
Phrases used as adverbs
102(2)
English and French adverb formation
104(1)
Types of adverbs
104(18)
Location of adverbs
122(4)
Numbers, measurements, time and quantifiers
126(21)
Cardinal numbers
126(7)
Ordinal numbers
133(1)
Fractions
134(1)
Some differences in the use of cardinal and ordinal numbers in French and English
135(3)
Measurements and comparisons
138(2)
Dates, days, years
140(2)
Clock time
142(1)
Money
143(1)
Quantifiers
143(4)
Verb forms
147(39)
Introduction
147(1)
Conjugations
148(1)
Easy ways of generating some parts of the paradigms
149(3)
Changes in the stem form of some -er conjugation verbs
152(1)
Verbs whose stems end in c- or g-
153(1)
Verb paradigms
154(32)
Verb constructions
186(22)
Relations between verbs and their complements
186(1)
Intransitive constructions
186(2)
Directly transitive verbs
188(2)
Indirectly transitive verbs
190(2)
Ditransitive verbs
192(2)
The passive
194(3)
Pronominal verbs
197(7)
Impersonal verbs
204(3)
Verbs which take noun + adjective or noun + noun complements
207(1)
Verb and participle agreement
208(14)
Subject-verb agreement
208(4)
Agreement of the past participle with the subject of etre
212(1)
Agreement of the past participle of verbs conjugated with avoir with a preceding direct object
213(7)
Agreement of the past participle of pronominal verbs in compound tenses
220(2)
Tense
222(19)
Introduction
222(1)
The present
222(1)
The past
223(5)
The future
228(4)
Other tenses indicating the time at which events occur relative to other events
232(3)
Combining tenses
235(3)
Tenses in direct and reported descriptions of events
238(2)
Tenses with si
240(1)
The subjunctive, modal verbs, exclamatives and imperatives
241(32)
The attitude of the subject to events: the subjunctive
241(17)
The use of devoir, pouvoir, savoir, falloir
258(4)
The French equivalents of the English modal verbs: `would', `should', `could', `may', `might', `ought to', and `must'
262(5)
Exclamatives
267(2)
Imperatives
269(4)
The infinitive
273(28)
Introduction: what are infinitives?
273(1)
Infinitives as complements to other verbs
274(1)
Verbs which take infinitive complements without a linking preposition
274(3)
Verbs which take infinitive complements preceded by the preposition a
277(5)
Verbs which take an infinitive complement preceded by de
282(6)
Omission of objects before infinitives
288(1)
Infinitives as complements to adjectives
289(2)
Infinitives as complements to nouns
291(2)
Infinitives in subordinate clauses
293(1)
Infinitives as polite commands
294(1)
Quick-reference index to verbs taking infinitive complements
294(7)
Prepositions
301(31)
Introduction
301(1)
Prepositions listed alphabetically from a to vers
301(24)
French translations for common English prepositions
325(7)
Question formation
332(17)
Introduction
332(1)
Yes/ no questions
332(4)
Information questions
336(5)
Order of object pronouns in questions involving inversion
341(1)
Order of negative particles in questions involving inversion
341(1)
Use of question words and phrases: qui?, que?, quoi?, quel?, de qui?, avec combien de? etc.
341(5)
Indirect questions
346(3)
Relative clauses
349(16)
Introduction
349(1)
Use of relative qui
350(1)
Use of relative que
351(1)
Preposition plus qui
352(1)
Use of lequel in relative clauses
352(2)
Use of dont, de qui, duquel/de laquelle/desquels/desquelles
354(1)
The use of ou as a relative pronoun
355(1)
Use of relative quoi
356(1)
Free relative clauses and the use of ce qui, ce que, ce dont, ce a quoi, ce sur quoi, etc.
357(2)
Translating 'whoever', 'whatever', 'wherever', 'whenever', 'however'
359(2)
Indicative and subjunctive in relative clauses
361(4)
Negation
365(17)
Introduction
365(1)
Location of sentence negators
365(3)
Order of negators in multiple negation
368(1)
Omission of ne in sentence negation
368(1)
Order of negative elements in questions and imperatives
369(1)
ne...pas
369(4)
ne...que
373(1)
ne...aucun(e), ne...nul(le)
373(1)
ne...jamais
374(1)
ne...plus
375(1)
ne...guere
376(1)
ne...rien
377(1)
ne...personne
378(1)
ne...ni...ni
379(1)
sans used with other negators
380(1)
ne used alone
380(2)
Conjunctions and other linking constructions
382(20)
Introduction
382(1)
Coordinating conjunctions
382(2)
Subordinating conjunctions
384(10)
Conjunctions sometimes confused by English speakers
394(1)
Repeated subordinating conjunctions
395(1)
Subordinating conjunctions used with infinitive clauses
396(1)
apres avoir/etre + past participle linking an infinitive clause to a main clause
397(1)
Past participle phrases used as linkers
397(1)
Present participles and gerunds
398(4)
Appendix 402(3)
Bibliography 405(2)
Index 407


Roger Hawkins, Ph.D., (Colchester, England) is a professor and head of the Department of Language and Linguistics at the University of Essex.





Richard Towell, Ph.D., (Bolton, England) is a professor and head of the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Salford.