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  Encyclopedia: List of French language authors
French literature is, generally speaking, literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak other traditional non-French languages.
French Renaissance literature is, for the purpose of this article, literature written in French (Middle French) from the French invasion of Italy in 1494 to 1600, or roughly the period from the reign of Charles VIII of France to the ascention of Henri IV of France to the throne.
Guillaume de Lorris (born 12XX) was a French epic poet, and was the author of the first section of the Romance of the Rose.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-French-language-authors   (8933 words)

  
 Yale University Library: French Language & Literature - Selected Reference Materials
Includes references to articles on French language and literature in some 588 homage volumes; a listing of the Festschriften is followed by a classified listing of the relevant contributions.
Volume 1 provides a chronological list of notable giftbooks, keepsakes, anthologies of prose and verse, and a few periodicals, and gives for each basic bibliographic data, the names of the contributors, the number of their contributions, and in some important cases their titles or first lines.
For each author includes a section on biography, with an emphasis on her experience as a writer, a discussion of major themes, a survey of criticism, and a bibliography of primary and secondary works.
www.library.yale.edu /Internet/frenchbib.html   (10120 words)

  
 French Language & Linguistics
The authors tested the pronunciation of 17 informants, aged between 20 and 71, whose backgrounds are given.
Words which do not have their own entries in the main alphabetical sequence are listed in the index, with a reference to the article in which they are included as a synonym.
The French author has taught in American universities and is familiar with problems frequently encountered in composition courses.
www.library.uiuc.edu /mdx/bibliogs/French/frelang.htm   (4807 words)

  
 Survey of French Language Holdings
This Project, based as it is on access to French resources, was chosen as a case study for a number of reasons - the range of disciplines that are supported by this project and the historical richness of the national collections in this area contrasted with the current crisis in coverage.
French studies are part of a broader European language/literature school and subject to internal policy decisions and fluctuations in student numbers.
Language and linguistics: The study of Languages is provided through a large number of schools, departments and programs within the Faculty of Arts.
www.library.usyd.edu.au /hussarr/lsurvey.html   (4191 words)

  
 Gender in French language | Ask MetaFilter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
French toddlers learn the word "la bouche" which may as well be "labouche" for all intents and purposes - they learn the gender along with the word as though the two were inseperable.
The learner of a language thus must regard the gender as part of the noun, and memorize accordingly to use the language correctly.
I remember being in France as a teenager with French friends who were trying out their English and one referred to me and my shirt using the phrase "her shirt," which I thought was some kind of dig until they hastily corrected each other, remembering that it's the opposite way in English.
ask.metafilter.com /mefi/16353   (2217 words)

  
 Symbolism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Their poetry, they claim, has cadences which the outsider cannot sufficiently detect; it has all the delicacy for which its sister, French prose, is so justly renowned; and, if the poetry seems to the foreigner to be rhetorical, that is in accordance with French tradition and is acceptable to French taste.
French prose in the Middle Ages was employed mainly in chronicles and history.
The subject manner is grotesquely extravagant, the language is coarse and sometimes filthy, but beneath the buffoonery there is a strong undercurrent of keen satire, for Rabelais was an earnest and independent thinker.
dks.thing.net /Symbolism.html   (3948 words)

  
 American University Library - Languages and Linguistics: French Language and Literature
Each author link has a brief biography and a bibliography of her works.
Gallica Classique is a full-text collection of French Literary Studies from the Middles Ages to the 19th century.
The Kolb-Proust Archive for Research, a project of the Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is devoted to the study of the French author Marcel Proust and his time.
www.library.american.edu /subject/language/french.html   (743 words)

  
 Author
1) The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it).
This can be short or long, fiction or nonfiction, poetry or prose, technical or literature; in particular it is a profession (doing this for pay).
List of novelists by country (includes other types of authors).
usapedia.com /a/author.html   (167 words)

  
 Foreign Language Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
French gothic novelists, especially with a "vampirish" slant, are the focus of this site, mostly French, but also some other nationalities.
It is designed for students of French and for francophiles in general.
Biography and literary criticism for this Spanish language novelist and thinker of the 20th Century.
dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us /flan.html   (3597 words)

  
 Learn more about Lists of authors in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Learn more about Lists of authors in the online encyclopedia.
The following are lists of authors and writers:
List of Japanese authors: A B C D E F G H I K M N O S T U W Y
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/li/lists_of_authors.html   (198 words)

  
 Languages and Linguistics Resources
Language in the Judicial Process, newsletter providing information of use to individuals in the fields of linguistics and jurisprudence.
The Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas, sponsored by the Native American Language Center at the University of California-Davis.
German Language Bookmarks, from the Department of Foreign Languages at The University of Toledo.
www.uky.edu /Subject/languagesall.html   (2038 words)

  
 MAT Reading list in French   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The Area A reading list has been prepared to ensure that M.A.T. students in the French Program will have a solid base of knowledge concerning important topics in Foreign Language Education.
The list is divided into twelve topical sections; the first one or two texts under each heading provide a general overview of the topic, and the following listings give more in-depth discussion of particular points.
French encyclopedias and books on French history are available at the Thomas Cooper library; works such as Les grandes étapes de la civilisation française (Paris: Bordas) are helpful.
www.cas.sc.edu /dllc/fren/gradfile/readmat.html   (1383 words)

  
 Fun with the French Language
Otherwise, it is a good national French paper with a heavy content in national economic issues.
Treat yourself to a complete listing of her songs and lyrics over a thirty year period.
This is the homepage of the French Senate.
www.geocities.com /Athens/5183/ltfrench.html   (1275 words)

  
 Language and Literature, French   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Library resources for the study of French literature reflect the entire Francophone world, which includes Canada, some twenty African countries, and other parts of the world as well as France.
Coverage is international and subjects include literature, language and linguistics, literary theory, dramatic arts, folklore, and film since 1963.
The following are lists of other areas which somehow overlap with Language and Literature, French and may provide you with more specific research resources.
www.library.nd.edu /subjects/language_and_literature_french   (484 words)

  
 Natural Language Processing
Regarding language as communication requires consideration of what is said (literally), what is intended, and the relationship between the two.
One goal of AI work in natural language is to enable communication between people and computers without resorting to memorization of complex commands and procedures.
Not only does the ability to use and understand natural language seem to be a fundamental aspect of human intelligence, but also its successful automation would have an incredible impact on the usability and effectiveness of computers themselves.
www.aaai.org /AITopics/html/natlang.html   (3572 words)

  
 Subject Guides - French Language and Literature
For a more complete list of headings relevant to FRENCH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings volumes located in the Reference Center on the first floor of the University Library.
ARTFL is a cooperative project of the Institut National de la Langue Francaise (INaLF) of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Chicago.
Choose your language, then either one of the top 10 verbs or type in the infinitive of another verb; also has translation of verbs from and to other languages.
www.csulb.edu /library/subj/french.html   (768 words)

  
 learn Greek language CDROM / learn French language CDROM / learn English language CDROM / learning Greek CD-ROM / Greek ...
Anotek is based in the USA and develops its own language education multimedia courses in CDROM format that are academic and simulate the school environment.
Learning is accelerated and memory recall is strengthened by (a) thousands of multi-color custom made pictures, (b) a very large number of educational game-like exercises, (c) expert pronunciation, (d) thorough explanation of language phonetics, (e) multicolor text to highlight parts of key words, (f) illustrated printouts and (g) handwriting exercises.
Teaches 6 years of French (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced in one 650MB+ CD-ROM) by French Educator with advanced degrees, sophisticated innovative programming and hundreds of custom-made color pictures make it possible to learn quickly and easily at home and at your own pace.
www.anotek.com   (884 words)

  
 List of authors - Priz epen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Submission Authors wishing to have a paper publishedPreparation of papers Authors should write their papers Files Authors are urged to prepare papersin alphabetical order of authors and with a separate list of figure captions.
A List Apart front page: HOME up front articlesin the wrong place, and the diamond markers preceding each list item are superimposed over the crack between columns.
Authors are therefore requested toreferences in the reference list cited in the text?
www.prizepen.com /literature/authors/list-of-authors.html   (486 words)

  
 Modern History Sourcebook: Index Librorum Prohibitorum
Although the council closed before the task of the commission was completed, the new Tridentine index was taken up by Pope Pius IV and published in 1564 by Paulus Manutius in Rome.
The principle of a list of forbidden books was adopted at the Fifth Lateran Council in 1515, then confirmed by the Council of Trent in 1546.
In chronological order of the books, here is a list of French language writers having the honor of being put on the index.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/indexlibrorum.html   (561 words)

  
 AUTHORS page of ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
There are 3,284 authors' hotlinks here, and 6,108 authors listed with no hotlinks currently known to this compiler for a total of 9,392 authors' names and/or hotlinks and/or pseudonyms Most recently updated: 22 August 2003
John W. Campbell Best New Writer Award Eligible Author Web Site Some data on authors NOT linked on the World Wide Web is based upon "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Through 1968", compiled by Donald H. Tuck, Chicago: Advent Publishers, Inc., 1974.
May be posted electronically provided that it is transmitted unaltered, in its entirety, and without charge.
www.magicdragon.com /UltimateSF/authors.html   (215 words)

  
 Languages - Helpful sites for students learning English, French, German, Italian, or Spanish --
Exhaustive list of language links, University of Toledo in Ohio
At Sprachbörse, a modern medium sized language school in the center of town
Spanish language courses at Escuela Montalbán in Granada
www.oberoi-net.com /language.html   (368 words)

  
 French Language Resource List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The following resources for studying French can be found within Oakton Community College, the community, or on the Internet.
French in Action I and II series (Media based course) (Also in Language Lab/DP and RHC)
French Music Educational Mix, Volume 2 (Les Clips Francophones, Volume 2)
www.oakton.edu /acad/dept/f-l/FrenchList.htm   (318 words)

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