Re: Old french Was: cases

On Monday 02 December 2002 3:47 pm, you wrote:
> En réponse à Florian Rivoal <florian@...>:
> > I am french, but i have actualy no idea of what old french is supposed
> > to be. The oldest form i have been given to read was "garganuta" from
> > Rablais, and at the time, i was not at all into linguistics, so i didn't
> > pay any attention to how it worked. Can someone give me some information
> > about what is different and what is common between modern, middle, and
> > old french. Sample texts would be welcome too.
>
> Go to the nearest FNAC and buy the "Que Sais-Je?" "L'ancien français" and
> "Le moyen français". They contain everything you need ;))) .
>
> But as a quick summary:
>
> Old French is basically French between the 11th and the 14th century, while
> middle French is French between the 14th and the 16th century. Those limits
> are taken because they correspond approximately to big periods where French
> as a recognisable structure. After the 16th century, we arrive at the
> period when grammarians arrived and began to talk about a "correct" French,
> and thus began to try and freeze its evolution and kill its dialects.
>
> Old French, Middle French and Modern French are the three usual steps
> recognised in the evolution from the Latin language spoken in Gaulle to the
> French spoken nowadays. If you want examples, I can always send a mail
> tonight with some things coming from my Que Sais-Je? :)) .
>
>
I saw, L'ancien français and Le moyen français in Blackwells(in Oxford),
however, unfortunately, I barely speak any french. I supose there are no
English translations...