Der >accord du participe passé< als Testfall der französischen Grammatikschreibung

Every grammar of French is faced with the problem of how best to explain the correct usage of the grammatical part-system accord du participe passé in all its complexities and inconsistencies. The present volume pursues two objectives, the one being to give the reader a systematic overview of the rules involved and the specific problems they present, the other to essay a selective analysis of French grammar description from the Renaissance to the present, with reference to the handling of thi…