Download or read book French Words written by M. H. Offord and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using an original mode of presentation, the 'textbite', this book seeks to approach the French vocabulary from as many angles as possible - showing how French words are constructed, the difficulties inherent in defining a word, the relationships words enter into, their origins, and recent trends in word formation. Examples and exercises are provided throughout.