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Peer reviewedSmith, John Charles – Language Sciences, 2002
Examines linguistic criteria that have been adduced on the Middle French period and concludes that there is no real discontinuity that serves to define Middle French. Suggests that the value of Middle French may be typological rather than temporal--specifically that it defines a variety of French that broadly conforms to the Romance…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, French, Language Typology, Language Variation
