Title: Oral traditions
First published: 2006
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.
Subjects: French language, History, French language, history, Spreektaal, Frans
LC classification: PC2075 .B75 2006