Oral traditions
Subtitle: when did the French stop speaking Latin?
By: Jana A. Brill.
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 58
Subjects: French language -- History.
Description: "In Oral Traditions: When Did the French Stop Speaking Latin?, voices from thirteenth century street theatre, a seventeenth century fairy tale by Perrault, and the journal of an unhappy nineteenth century queen, blend to show how the French language evolved from its Latin roots. The focus is on past tense verbs, the core of oral and written narrative."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.