This comprehensive guide to Old French provides a thorough understanding of the language and its use in literature and communication. Author François Frédéric Roget explores the nuances of the language's syntax, grammar, and vocabulary, making this volume an essential tool for scholars and students alike. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The first section, on the grammar, presents reading selections from Marie de France's lai "Fresne" and selections in two major literary dialects of Old French--Anglo-Norman and Picard. These are followed by chapters on Old French morphology and syntax; phonology sections are included at the end of each chapter. Contains a glossary, an index, and a select bibliography.

Excerpt from An Introduction to Old French This book contains no independent research and little scientific method. Suggested by some acquaintance with the difficulties of students who begin to read Old French, it has been written for the convenience of candidates for the l.l.a. Title of St. Andrews University, and perchance may be found useful by students working under the Cam bridge University scheme for a tripos in Mediaeval and Modern Languages. Professor Crombie, of St. Andrews, for his kind encouragement, and Mr. G. Saintsbury, for a timely hint regarding the scope of this work, have my thanks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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