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Bustin-Lekeu, Francine – French Review, 1973
Surveys conducted among secondary school students in Toulon, France in choice of personal pronouns indicate more prevalent use of tu''. Students consider widespread use of tu'' to be more democratic and thought employment of vous'' on certain occasions is a hypocritical and bourgeois habit. (DS)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Patterns

Bryan, Anne-Marie – French Review, 1972
Presents a conversation between representatives of various generations to illustrate the social changes influencing usage of pronouns of address in France. (DS)
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), French, Grammar, Language Instruction

Maley, Catherine A. – French Review, 1972
Comments on the usage of the second person pronouns of address ( tu" and vous") in French, and traces the usage from the fifteenth century to present day, reflecting social, religious, and political attitudes. (DS)
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Form Classes (Languages), French, Grammar

Trescases, Pierre – French Review, 1976
Students must be familiar with current abbreviations, especially their appropriateness at varying levels of language. This paper discusses their formation and use, and includes a list of the abbreviations, initials, and acronyms most common in contemporary French. (Text is in French.) (DB)
Descriptors: Abbreviations, French, Language Instruction, Language Patterns

Mahler, Marguerite – French Review, 1987
A morphological analysis of a French language corpus focuses on patterns of truncation, shortened versions of multisyllabic words, in modern spoken usage and in the language used in newspapers. Specific examples of truncation are included.(MSE)
Descriptors: Abbreviations, Diachronic Linguistics, French, Language Patterns

Leon, Pierre; Tennant, Jeff – French Review, 1990
A study investigated variation from certain morphophonological and phonetic features normally associated with familiar, popular, or vulgar speech as they occur in a prestigious variety of French (spoken on a French literary talk show). Phonostylistic variation in the speech of host and guests is examined. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Error Patterns, French, Language Patterns