Dictionnaire du francais medieval

by Takeshi Matsumura, editorial coordination by Michel Zink

Book cover: Dictionnaire du francais medieval

Hardback (Published)

(November 2015)

ISBN: 9782251445540

7.83 x 10.63 inches

Price: $125.00

In stock

This is the first authoritative, yet financially accessible, dictionary of medieval and early modern French available for students and professors alike. Takeshi Matsumura is a leading specialist on French lexicography, and offers here an important contribution to the history and precision of the French language, including examples, regional origins, and literary use for each entry. French text.


English summary: This Old and Middle French dictionary, with its 56,212 entries, was written for anyone interested in the history of the French language and literature of the Middle Ages. Its aim is to help readers understand French texts of the Middle Ages, from the Serments de Strasbourg in 842 to the end of the 15th century, by providing them with a rather extensive word list which includes etymological, and occasionally geographical, data, reliable definitions, and duly authenticated quotations. French description: Avec ses 56 212 entrees, ce dictionnaire de l’ancien et du moyen francais s’adresse a tous ceux interesses par l’histoire de la langue et la litterature du Moyen Age. Il a pour objectif d’aider les lecteurs a comprendre les textes francais du Moyen Age, depuis les Serments de Strasbourg en 842 jusqu’a la fin du XVe siecle, en leur offrant une nomenclature assez etendue des mots, munie d’indications etymologiques et eventuellement geographiques, de definitions fiables, et de citations dument controlees.

  • By (author) Takeshi Matsumura
  • Editorial coordination by Michel Zink