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Title: Introduction to Old French (Introductions to Older Languages Series: N) by William W. Kibler ISBN: 0-87352-292-3 Publisher: Modern Language Association Pub. Date: 01 July, 1984 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.75 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Great introduction!
Comment: First things first ... this book does NOT have 57 pages...it has over 360 pages. (I hope this mistake hasn't deterred any potential buyers!)
There aren't that many introductory grammars of Old French lying around in English, and fewer yet that don't assume a thorough knowledge of Latin. (Einhorn's Old French is the only other one that comes to mind).
This excellent book is composed of 23 lessons. Each lesson begins with a passage in Old French, and is followed by a section with the appropriate grammar and syntax. Each lesson ends with a section on phonology; they trace the evolution of of the Vulgar Latin sound system into Old French. I think for students of Romance philology, these are worth the price of the book by themselves.
The first 15 lessons cover Le Fresne, by Marie de France, in the standard Francien dialect; later lessons introduce texts in the Anglo-Norman and Picard dialects.
The only drawback that I see in this book is the lack of vocabularies for the individual lessons. Every form of every word used in the lesson readings is included in the glossary in the back, so working through the reading involves looking up EVERY LITTLE WORD that you don't know in the dictionary in the back. Great way to internalize the grammar and learn the vocabulary, but not everyone will have the stomach for this tedious word-by-word torture.
A knowledge of Latin certainly wouldn't hurt, but for the seriously motivated student, this book is the best thing going.
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Title: Old French: A Concise Handbook by E. Einhorn ISBN: 0521098386 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1974 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
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Title: An Introduction to Old Occitan (Introductions to Older Languages, 4) by William D. Paden ISBN: 0873522931 Publisher: Modern Language Association Pub. Date: 23 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: From Latin to Romance in Sound Charts by Peter Boyd-Bowman ISBN: 087840077X Publisher: Georgetown University Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1980 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Vulgar Latin by Jozsef Herman, Roger Wright ISBN: 0271020016 Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Romance Languages by Martin Harris, Nigel Vincent ISBN: 0195208293 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1990 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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