C2
vocab
What are key features of French linguistic history?
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Model answer
From Latin (Gaul) → Old French (9th–14th c.) → Middle French (14th–16th c.) → Classical (17th–18th c.) → Modern. Key shifts: loss of case system, vowel evolution, orthographic reforms (1990). Influences: Frankish, Norse, Italian, English.
Why
Historical perspective deepens comprehension of modern irregularities.
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