Les grammairiens métronomes, ou comment retenir aisément les règles de la langue française
Metronomical grammarians, or how to easily remember the rules of the French language

Author(s): Paul Aron
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: grammars in verse; history of teaching french; poetry learned
Summary/Abstract: The history of grammars written in verse has barely been studied. Since the Renaissance, such grammars fall under two main heads: (1) grammars intended for women who haven’t studied latin; (2) grammars based on mnemonic means, so as to facilitate the learning of the language. As normative grammars tend to impose their standards, versified grammars become more and more typical of eccentric grammarians.

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