Description
Book SynopsisThis textbook is based on a modified traditional model of structural and functional analysis. Underlying structures and various types of transformations are explained as needed. The analysis deals mainly with phrase and clause structures, including speech registers and questions of usage.
Trade Review...the best work yet available for use by the applied linguist and the language teacher. Thorough, accurate and comprehensive, it will be extremely useful in the classroom. -- O.W. Rolfe, The University of Montana
...an excellent reference for teachers of upper division and graduate level French language courses. -- R. Vistica, Portland State University
Organization is Hollerbach's strength, and he endeavors to make the book as user-friendly as possible....Each part (as well as each subpart) begins with a brief italicized summary of its contents, and the parts and subparts are then again subdivided, each clearly labeled. The text is also filled with a multitude of diagrams, charts, and useful, extensive cross-referencing. -- R. Vistica, Portland State University * The French Review *
...thorough, accurate, and accessible to the nonlinguist, it recommends itself as a reference both to the advanced learner and to any instructor of French. The volume covers most problem areas at various levels from intermediate to advanced. -- Betsy K. Barnes, University of Minnesota, THE MODERN LANGUAGE JOURNAL
...thorough, accurate, and accessible to the nonlinguist, it recommends itself as a reference both to the advanced learner and to any instructor of French. The volume covers most problem areas at various levels from intermediate to advanced. -- Betsy K. Barnes, University of Minnesota, THE MODERN LANGUAGE JOURNAL
...the best work yet available for use by the applied linguist and the language teacher. Thorough, accurate and comprehensive, it will be extremely useful in the classroom. -- O.W. Rolfe, The University of Montana
...an excellent reference for teachers of upper division and graduate level French language courses. -- R. Vistica, Portland State University
Organization is Hollerbach's strength, and he endeavors to make the book as user-friendly as possible....Each part (as well as each subpart) begins with a brief italicized summary of its contents, and the parts and subparts are then again subdivided, each clearly labeled. The text is also filled with a multitude of diagrams, charts, and useful, extensive cross-referencing. -- R. Vistica, Portland State University * The French Review *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: Contexts and Concepts Chapter 2 Fundamentals of the Sentence: Sentence Structures Chapter 3 Sentence Transformations Chapter 4 Sentence Reduction and Expansion Chapter 5 Nominal Phrases: Determiners and the Noun or Name Nucleus Chapter 6 The Expansion of Nominals Chapter 7 The Verb: Multi-Verb Formations Chapter 8 Verbs and the Construction Potential Chapter 9 Use of the Tenses Chapter 10 Verb Modifiers Chapter 11 Subordinate Clauses: Noun Clauses Chapter 12 Adverb Clauses Chapter 13 Adjective Clauses Chapter 14 Sentence Modifiers: The Vehicles of Sentence Modification Chapter 15 The Position of Sentence Modifiers Chapter 16 An Analytical Reflection Chapter 17 Synopses: The Subjunctive Chapter 18 Verb-Subject Inversion Chapter 19 The Infinitive Chapter 20 Syntactic Devices of Emphasis Chapter 21 Modification: General and Correlative Structures Chapter 22 Appendices Chapter 23 Glossary Chapter 24 Selected Readings Chapter 25 Index
