A short study of definitions of the passive voice in French. Definitions are based on meaning; morphology; syntax; meaning and morphology; and morphology and syntax. The latter is the most widely accepted today. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

Article to be continued. (RL)

Analyses the use of the French "en". (AM)

Examines the structure, history, use, and meaning of the French expression "il y a." (AM)

An analysis of the use of simple and immediate future tenses in French shows that the expression of time is controlled more by context and modals than by specifically temporal cues. The role of negation in this situation is discussed. (MSE)

Discusses the use of the two past tenses in French, specifically in literature and news reporting. (AM)

Analyses the nature of aspect in the present, the past ("passe compose"), and imperfect tenses in French, and gives some general guidelines for the teaching of these structures. (AM)

A relatively common way to establish a new verb is to give verbal form to a noun, but it also exposes some irregularities of the language, and the rules that govern it. Although this is largely a phenomenon of the twentieth century, evidence of it appears in Rabelais' work. (MSE)

The continuation of articles on the passive voice appearing in the "Grammaire vivante" section of the periodical. The production of the passive sentence is considered under two headings: the simple verb and the complex verbal group. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

This installment of the series on the passive considers the subject and the object of the verb under the following headings: part of speech, circumstantial objects and the relationship between clauses and sentences. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

The third person in French grammar demands separate treatment from other pronouns because of the great differences in its rules, forms, and functions. (MSE)