How French works
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1: Introduction • 2: The influence of Gaulish • 3: The influence of Latin • 4: The influence of Frankish • 5: Charlemagne • 6: The influence of Old Norse • 7: Dialectization and the rise of Francien • 8: French in the 20th century • 9: French in the world
1: Introduction • 2: The Roman and Anglo-Saxon invasions • 3: The influence of Celtic • 4: The influence of Anglo-Saxon • 5: The Viking invasions • 6: The Norman invasion • 7: The re-emergence of English • 8: The mutual influence of English and French • 9: Summary of differences between English and French
1: What is grammar ? • 2: Meaning versus grammar • 3: The clause and its constituent elements • 4: Parts of speech • 5: Parts of speech functioning as others • 6: Diagramming sentence structure
1 Simple sentences • 2 Multiple sentences • 3 Subordinate clauses • 4 Completive clauses • 5 Adverbial clauses • 6 Indirect interrogative clauses • 7 Relative clauses
1 Verb phrases, head verbs and auxiliaries • 2 Main auxiliaries • 3 Semi-auxiliaries • 4 Verb constructions • 5 Verbal agreements
1 The noun phrase and head noun • 2 Determiners • 3 Modifiers
1 Accents • 2 Punctuation • 3 Enchaînement and liaison • 4 Elision • 5 Stress • 6 Intonation