French language: Bibliography

See U. T. Holmes and A. H. Schutz, A History of the French Language (1938); M. K. Pope, From Latin to Modern French (2d ed. 1952, repr. 1961); J. Fox and R. Hood, Concise History of the French Language (1968); P. Rickard, A History of the French Language (1974).

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• History of French
• Distinctive Features
• Bibliography

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