French Studies and Language

Essential vocabulary, clear translations, usage and grammar help in this French-English dictionary.

Essential vocabulary, clear translations, usage and grammar help in this English-French dictionary.

Extensive coverage and comprehensive entries: phonetic transcriptions, evolution of form, etymology and dates, precise definitions, and usage - both usual and unusual - of words in their context (speeches, examples, quotations).

Long trusted as the most comprehensive, up-to-date and user-friendly grammar available, French Grammar and Usage provides students and teachers with a complete guide to French as it is written and spoken today. It includes clear and concise descriptions of all the main grammatical aspects of the language, illustrated by numerous examples taken from contemporary French.

Practising French Grammar offers a set of varied and accessible exercises for developing a deep practical awareness of French as it is spoken and written today. It can be used alone or as the ideal companion to the new edition of the widely acclaimed French Grammar and Usage by Roger Hawkins and Richard Towell.

This book is an advanced student's grammar of French that integrates traditional grammar with knowledge and insights from modern linguistics. The first part of the book provides an introduction to French sentence structure, before the following parts examine the grammar of verbs, nominals, particles, and clauses and sentences.

French Grammar in Context presents a unique and exciting approach to learning grammar. Authentic texts from a rich variety of sources, literary and journalistic, are used as the starting point for the illustration and explanation of key areas of French grammar. Each point is consolidated with a wide range of written and spoken exercises.

This book contains an explanatory treatment of the core areas of difficulty for the English speaking learner of French. It deals with the key issues in tense formation and use and verbal structures and processes such as negation, passives and subjunctives along with a highly exemplified treatment of pronouns and a section dealing with adjectives and other elements of the grammar. Extensive exercises and answers for all topics covered.