An Introduction to Old Occitan

by William Paden and William D. Paden

Book Overview

An Introduction to Old Occitan is the only textbook in print for learning the language used by the troubadours in southern France during the Middle Ages. Each of the thirty-two chapters discusses a subject in the study of the language (e.g., stressed vowels, subjunctive mood) and includes an exercise based on a reading of an Occitan text that has been edited afresh for this volume. An essential glossary analyzes every occurrence of every...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1603290540
• ISBN13: 9781603290548
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Modern Language Association of America
• Length: 636 Pages
• Weight: 2.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"