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grammars: online - print about Old French: language / historical linguistics other online resources *** = highly recommended/most immediately useful [R] = multi-volume and/or antique reference work ONLINE
Einhorn (as distributed in class; password-protected PDF) Aberystwyth-Swansea U - The Anglo-Norman Dictionary [EN] U Texas (Austin), Linguistics research Center/Early Indo-European Online – Old French Glossary [EN] Douglas C. Walker, U Calgary – Lexique de l’ancien français [FR] Greimas, Algirdas Julien (1979, 1992) Dictionnaire de l’ancien français. Paris: Larousse. [to modern French] *** Hindley, Alan, Langley, Frederick W., and Levy, Brian J. (2006) Old French-English Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge U.P. *** Urwin, Kenneth (1946, rep.1986) A Short Old French Dictionary for Students. Oxford: Blackwell. Dauzat, Albert, Dubois, Jean, and Mitterand, Henri (1964, 1995) Dictionnaire étymologique et historique du français. Paris: Larousse. Picoche, J. (1992) Dictionnaire étymologique du français. Paris: Le Robert.  [R] Godefroy, F.
(1880-1902) Dictionnaire
de l’ancienne langue française et de toutes ses dialectes, du IXe au XVe s.
10 t. Paris: F. Vieweg; rep. Liechtenstein: Kraus.
[R] Wartburg, Walther von (1921-) Französisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 25 B. + Supp. Bonn: F. Klopp, Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner, Basel: Helbig & Lichtenhahn, Basel: Zbinden. [to German] [R] Gilliéron, J. and Edmont, É. (1902-1920) Atlas linguistique de la France. 12 t.. + suppléments. Paris: Champion [under revision by the C.N.R.S.] ONLINE
A whistle-stop guide, Old French Basics for Reading (distributed in our first session; password-protected PDF). It is derived from Adrian Armstrong’s Elementary Notes on Old French (U of Manchester, 1996) – for an undergraduate course and Einhorn (1974, see next section further below). The ORB: On-line Reference Book for Medieval Studies Joseph E. Price, U Illinois-Urbana Champaign – Old French on the Web U Connecticut, Medieval Studies Program U Texas (Austin), Linguistics research Center / Early Indo-European Online Wapedia – Wikipedia on mobile phones Here are some classic grammars that are short and fairly sweet: Anglade, J. (1965) Grammaire élémentaire de l’ancien français. Paris: A. Colin. *** Einhorn, E. (1974) Old French: A Concise Handbook. Cambridge: Cambridge U.P. [includes a short glossary] Foulet, Lucien (1911, 31930) Petite syntaxe de l’ancien français. Paris: Champion. Zink, G. (1987) L’Ancien français (XIe – XIIe s.). Paris: P.U.F. (Que sais-je?). Ayres-Bennett, Wendy
(1994) A History of the
French Language through Texts. London: Routledge.
[R] Bruneau, C. and Brunot, Ferdinand (1966) Histoire de la langue française des origines à nos jours. 13 t. Paris: Colin. Cerquiglini, Bernard (1991) La Naissance du français. Paris: P.U.F. (Que sais-je?) Picoche, J. and Marchello-Nizia, Christiane (1991) Histoire de la langue française. Paris: Nathan. Price, G. (1971) The French Language: Present and Past. London: Arnold. Rickard, Peter (1974, 1989) A History of the French Language. London: Routledge. Zink, G. (1989) Morphologie du français médiéval. Paris: P.U.F. (Que sais-je?). Further afield: see elsewhere on the medieval metaverse, or its older version, the rose of the romance (click on left-hand menu options for the relevant sub-menus). |