Bernard Combettes, Christiane Marchello-Nizia, Sophie Prévost
The existing major works on the history of the French language were published more than fifty years ago and are characterized by a largely a-theoretical approach. More than a hundred years after Ferdinand Brunot began to publish his monumental work, the ambition of the Grande Grammaire Historique du Français (GGHF) is to present the evolution of the French language in its totality, building on the contributions achieved by descriptive and theoretical research in recent decades. It also offers several innovative aspects.
The GGHF is a grammar organized by themes rather...
The existing major works on the history of the French language were published more than fifty years ago and are characterized by a largely a-theore...