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Essential French Grammar

Essential French Grammar is an innovative reference grammar and workbook for intermediate and advanced undergraduate students of French (CEFR levels B2 to C1). Its clear explanations of grammar are supported by contemporary examples and lively cartoon drawings. Each chapter contains:* real-life language examples in French, with English translations* a 'key points' box and tables that summarise grammar concepts* a variety of exercises to reinforce learning* a contemporary primary source or literary extract to illustrate grammar in context.To aid your understanding, this book also contains a glossary of grammatical terms in French and English, useful verb tables and a key to the exercises.Together, these features all help you to grasp complex points of grammar and develop your French language skills.

Essential French Grammar

Essential French Grammar is an innovative reference grammar and workbook for intermediate and advanced undergraduate students of French (CEFR levels B2 to C1). Its clear explanations of grammar are supported by contemporary examples and lively cartoon drawings. Each chapter contains:* real-life language examples in French, with English translations* a 'key points' box and tables that summarise grammar concepts* a variety of exercises to reinforce learning* a contemporary primary source or literary extract to illustrate grammar in context.To aid your understanding, this book also contains a glossary of grammatical terms in French and English, useful verb tables and a key to the exercises.Together, these features all help you to grasp complex points of grammar and develop your French language skills.

Essential French Grammar (Essential Language Grammars)

Essential French Grammar is a student-friendly French grammar designed to give learners a firm foundation on which to build a real understanding of both spoken and written French. Clear explanations of grammar are supported by contemporary examples, lively cartoon drawings and a variety of exercises. Key features of the second edition include: each grammar point explained initially with reference to English parallels between English and French provided where relevant 'Key points' box and tables that summarize grammar concepts real-life language examples in French, with English translations a variety of exercises to reinforce learning a contemporary primary source or literary extract to illustrate grammar in context more detailed coverage of punctuation, accents, spelling and the specific sounds of French This second edition includes an introductory chapter that describes the lexical and grammatical differences between French and English. A glossary of grammatical terms in French and English, useful verb tables, and a key to the exercises are also provided, making this an ideal resource for both independent and class-based learners. Essential French Grammar is an innovative reference grammar and workbook for intermediate and advanced undergraduate students of French. This text is ideal for students at CEFR levels B1 to C1, or Intermediate High to Advanced on the ACTFL scale.

Essential French Grammar (Essential Language Grammars)

Essential French Grammar is a student-friendly French grammar designed to give learners a firm foundation on which to build a real understanding of both spoken and written French. Clear explanations of grammar are supported by contemporary examples, lively cartoon drawings and a variety of exercises. Key features of the second edition include: each grammar point explained initially with reference to English parallels between English and French provided where relevant 'Key points' box and tables that summarize grammar concepts real-life language examples in French, with English translations a variety of exercises to reinforce learning a contemporary primary source or literary extract to illustrate grammar in context more detailed coverage of punctuation, accents, spelling and the specific sounds of French This second edition includes an introductory chapter that describes the lexical and grammatical differences between French and English. A glossary of grammatical terms in French and English, useful verb tables, and a key to the exercises are also provided, making this an ideal resource for both independent and class-based learners. Essential French Grammar is an innovative reference grammar and workbook for intermediate and advanced undergraduate students of French. This text is ideal for students at CEFR levels B1 to C1, or Intermediate High to Advanced on the ACTFL scale.

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Etude Geometrique des Espaces Vectoriels I: Une Introduction (Lecture Notes in Mathematics #489)

Etude Geometrique des Espaces Vectoriels II: Polyedres et Polytopes Convexes (Lecture Notes in Mathematics #802)

Études sur les Groupes Abéliens / Studies on Abelian Groups: Colloque sur la Théorie des Groupes abéliens tenu à l’Université de Montpellier en juin 1967

Etymologies And Genealogies (PDF): A Literary Anthropology Of The French Middle Ages

"Mr. Bloch has attempted to establish what he calls a 'literary anthropology.' The project is important and ambitious. It seems to me that Mr. Bloch has completely achieved this ambition." –Michel Foucault "Bloch's Study is a genuinely interdisciplinary one, bringing together elements of history, ethnology, philology, philosophy, economics and literature, with the undoubted ambition of generating a new synthesis which will enable us to read the Middle Ages in a different light. Stated simply, and in terms which do justice neither to the density nor the subtlety of his argument, Bloch's thesis is this: that medieval society perceived itself in terms of a vertical mode of descent from origins. This model is articulated etymologically in medieval theories of grammar and language, and is consequently reflected in historical and theological writings; it is also latent in the genealogical structure of the aristocratic family as it began to be organized in France in the twelfth century, and is made manifest in such systems of signs as heraldry and the adoption of patronymns. . . .

The European Experience

The European Experience brings together the expertise of nearly a hundred historians from eight European universities to internationalise and diversify the study of modern European history, exploring a grand sweep of time from 1500 to 2000.

The European Experience

The European Experience brings together the expertise of nearly a hundred historians from eight European universities to internationalise and diversify the study of modern European history, exploring a grand sweep of time from 1500 to 2000.

Exploring the French Language

Do you know what 'verlan' or French 'backslang' is? Was President Mitterand 'câblé'? The French language is more than just a tool for communication; it has a crucial role to play in how native speakers of French think about the world and about themselves and their culture. This book helps students develop a systematic 'linguistic' approach to French. It covers the core topics, ranging from the structure and sounds of the language to discourse and everyday conversation. No previous knowledge of linguistics is assumed and a glossary of technical terms and many exercises and activities help reinforce key points. Students will find that their understanding and enjoyment of the French language is greatly enhanced by this book.

Exploring the French Language

Do you know what 'verlan' or French 'backslang' is? Was President Mitterand 'câblé'? The French language is more than just a tool for communication; it has a crucial role to play in how native speakers of French think about the world and about themselves and their culture. This book helps students develop a systematic 'linguistic' approach to French. It covers the core topics, ranging from the structure and sounds of the language to discourse and everyday conversation. No previous knowledge of linguistics is assumed and a glossary of technical terms and many exercises and activities help reinforce key points. Students will find that their understanding and enjoyment of the French language is greatly enhanced by this book.

Exploring the Interior: Essays On Literary And Cultural History

In this fascinating collection of essays Harvard Emeritus Professor Karl S. Guthke examines the ways in which, for European scholars and writers of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century, world-wide geographical exploration led to an exploration of the self. Guthke explains how in the age of Enlightenment and beyond intellectual developments were fuelled by excitement about what Ulrich Im Hof called "the grand opening-up of the wide world”, especially of the interior of the non-European continents. This outward turn was complemented by a fascination with "the world within” as anthropology and ethnology focused on the humanity of the indigenous populations of far-away lands – an interest in human nature that suggested a way for Europeans to understand themselves, encapsulated in Gauguin’s Tahitian rumination "What are we?” The essays in the first half of the book discuss first- or second-hand, physical or mental encounters with the exotic lands and populations beyond the supposed cradle of civilisation. The works of literature and documents of cultural life featured in these essays bear testimony to the crossing not only of geographical, ethnological, and cultural borders but also of borders of a variety of intellectual activities and interests. The second section examines the growing interest in astronomy and the engagement with imagined worlds in the universe, again with a view to understanding homo sapiens, as compared now to the extra-terrestrials that were confidently assumed to exist. The final group of essays focuses on the exploration of the landscape of what was called "the universe within”; featuring, among a variety of other texts, Schiller’s plays The Maid of Orleans and William Tell, these essays observe and analyse what Erich Heller termed "The Artist’s Journey into the Interior.” This collection, which travels from the interior of continents to the interior of the mind, is itself a set of explorations that revel in the discovery of what was half-hidden in language. Written by a scholar of international repute, it is eye-opening reading for all those with an interest in the literary and cultural history of (and since) the Enlightenment.

Faisceaux amples sur les schemas en groupes et les espaces homogenes (Lecture Notes in Mathematics #119)

Familles de Cycles Algebriques - Schema de Chow (Lecture Notes in Mathematics #896)

Fatou, Julia, Montel,: le grand prix des sciences mathématiques de 1918, et après...

Comment Fatou et Julia ont inventé ce que l’on appelle aujourd’hui les ensembles de Julia, avant, pendant et après la première guerre mondiale? L’histoire est racontée, avec ses mathématiques, ses conflits, ses personnalités. Elle est traitée à partir de sources nouvelles, et avec rigueur. On pourra s’y initier à l’itération des fractions rationnelles et à la dynamique complexe (ensembles de Julia, de Mandelbrot, ensembles-limites). Qui étaient Pierre Fatou, Gaston Julia, Paul Montel? On y trouvera en particulier des informations sur un mathématicien mal connu, Pierre Fatou. On découvrira aussi quelques incidences de la blessure reçue par Julia pendant la guerre sur la vie mathématique en France au vingtième siècle.How did Pierre Fatou and Gaston Julia create what we now call Complex Dynamics, in the context of the early twentieth century and especially of the First World War? The book is based partly on new, unpublished sources.Who were Pierre Fatou, Gaston Julia, Paul Montel? New biographical information is given on the little known mathematician that was Pierre Fatou. How did the serious injury of Julia during WWI influence mathematical life in France?

Feeling and Value, Willing and Action: Essays in the Context of a Phenomenological Psychology (Phaenomenologica #216)

This volume explores the role and status of phenomena such as feelings, values, willing, and action in the domain of perception and (social) cognition, as well as the way in which they are related. In its exploration, the book takes Husserl’s lifelong project Studien zur Struktur des Bewusstseins (1909-1930) as its point of departure, and investigates these phenomena with Husserl but also beyond Husserl. Divided into two parts, the volume brings together essays that address the topics from different phenomenological, philosophical, and psychological perspectives. They discuss Husserl’s position in dialogue with historical and recent philosophical and psychological debates and develop phenomenological accounts and descriptions with the help of Geiger, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Plessner, Sartre, Scheler, Schopenhauer, and Reinach.

Felsmechanische Grundlagenforschung Standsicherheit von Böschungen und Hohlraumbauten in Fels / Basic Research in Rock Mechanics Stability of Rock Slopes and Underground Excavations: Vorträge des 21. Geomechanik-Kolloquiums der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Geomechanik / Contributions to the 21st Geomechanical Colloquium of the Austrian Society for Geomechanics (Rock Mechanics Felsmechanik Mecanique des roches. Supplementa #3)

A Feminist Theory of Violence: A Decolonial Perspective

'A robust, decolonial challenge to carceral feminism' - Angela Y. Davis ***Winner of an English PEN Award 2022*** The mainstream conversation surrounding gender equality is a repertoire of violence: harassment, rape, abuse, femicide. These words suggest a cruel reality. But they also hide another reality: that of gendered violence committed with the complicity of the State. In this book, Françoise Vergès denounces the carceral turn in the fight against sexism. By focusing on 'violent men', we fail to question the sources of their violence. There is no doubt as to the underlying causes: racial capitalism, ultra-conservative populism, the crushing of the Global South by wars and imperialist looting, the exile of millions and the proliferation of prisons – these all put masculinity in the service of a policy of death. Against the spirit of the times, Françoise Vergès refuses the punitive obsession of the State in favour of restorative justice.

A Feminist Theory of Violence: A Decolonial Perspective

'A robust, decolonial challenge to carceral feminism' - Angela Y. Davis ***Winner of an English PEN Award 2022*** The mainstream conversation surrounding gender equality is a repertoire of violence: harassment, rape, abuse, femicide. These words suggest a cruel reality. But they also hide another reality: that of gendered violence committed with the complicity of the State. In this book, Françoise Vergès denounces the carceral turn in the fight against sexism. By focusing on 'violent men', we fail to question the sources of their violence. There is no doubt as to the underlying causes: racial capitalism, ultra-conservative populism, the crushing of the Global South by wars and imperialist looting, the exile of millions and the proliferation of prisons – these all put masculinity in the service of a policy of death. Against the spirit of the times, Françoise Vergès refuses the punitive obsession of the State in favour of restorative justice.

Femmes en Toutes Lettres: Les épistolières du XVIIIᵉ siècle (Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment #2000:04)

Ce volume, fruit des efforts collectifs de chercheurs des deux côtés de l'Atlantique, réunit dix-sept études consacrées aux épistolières du dix-huitième siècle. A l'aide de cas précis, il présente le rôle qu'a pu jouer la correspondance dans la vie de femmes issues des milieux géographiques, socio-économiques et religieux les plus divers.Il porte à notre attention de riches corpus trop longtemps négligés. Au moyen d'approches critiques variées, il met en évidence le pouvoir de la lettre au dix-huitième siècle et montre comment les femmes ont su alors utiliser la correspondance pour se construire une identité tout en tentant de pénétrer dans des domaines jusque-là interdits comme la science et la politique.L'étude de ces correspondances féminines de langue française permet ainsi de rendre sensible le passage graduel de la lettre féminine de la sphère intime au domaine littéraire de l'époque. Et c'est de ce lent, persévérant et audacieux envahissement de la sphère publique par les épistolières du siècle des Lumières que le présent volume entend témoigner.

Figures de l'histoire de France dans le théâtre au tournant des Lumières 1760-1830 (Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment #2007:07)

Entre Lumières et Romantisme, contre les règles classiques et contre les théoriciens attachés à perpétuer l’héritage du XVIIe siècle, un théâtre s’impose, qui puise son inspiration dans l’histoire de France. Des personnalités majeures y contribuent. La production dramatique est abondante; on assiste au renouvellement du répertoire des années 1760, à l’émergence de nouveaux héros, de nouveaux tempéraments dramatiques, laissant entrevoir les succès du héros romantique.Hénault et Voltaire fouillent les ressorts dramatiques des grandes crises de la monarchie ; Marie-Joseph Chénier puise la matière de sa tragédie nationale de Charles IX (1789) aux heures sombres du royaume. Sous la Restauration, la tragédie néoclassique s’étend sur les tourments de l’impossible et nécessaire légitimité. Ce souci n’est pas réservé à la seule tragédie; il traverse le modeste, le gai vaudeville qu’illustre si bien le chevalier de Piis. Avant Hernani, la traduction théâtrale de l’histoire est bien révélatrice des clivages d’une société: la représentation du Christophe Colomb de Lemercier provoqua, en 1809, une émeute dans laquelle un spectateur fut tué.Les vingt-cinq études réunies dans le présent volume s’interrogent sur le bilan d’une période contrastée. Elles s’associent au développement de disciplines comme la musicologie ou l’histoire des arts plastiques pour évaluer les fonctions du spectacle et trouvent dans l’observation des faits culturels un terrain de prédilection pour une approche transversale: typologie des héros, enjeux de l’actualité, mais aussi définition des rôles dramatiques, esthétique des spectacles, sans oublier ses prolongements dans l’art du dessin, de la gravure, voire dans celui du bibelot.

Fistules anales: Utilisation des colles de fibrine (La « Collection SNFCP »)

Le traitement de la fistule anale est chirurgical et consiste à ouvrir ce trajet infecté en passant au travers des sphincters de l’anus. Toutefois, cette section fait courir un risque d’incontinence anale avec le retentissement que l’on connaît sur la qualité de vie des patients. Or, récemment, grâce à l’une des avancées majeures en proctologie, l’encollage des trajets fistuleux, il est possible de ne plus sectionner l’anus et donc supprimer ce risque d’incontinence anale. L’objectif de cet ouvrage est donc de rappeler les bases essentielles au traitement d’une suppuration de l’anus. Cependant, les meilleurs résultats sont obtenus lorsque la colle est appliquée en respectant certaines procédures bien précises, c’est pourquoi, nous insistons particulièrement sur les moyens d’utiliser au mieux ce nouvel outil thérapeutique qu’est la colle biologique.

Fixed Point Theory: Proceedings of a Conference Held at Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, June 2-21, 1980 (Lecture Notes in Mathematics #886)