The Morphology of the Modern French Verb

This book is based on my doctoral dissertation at Columbia University in 1971. I wish to express my sincere appreciation to Professor Robert Austerlitz, my dissertation sponsor, for constantly expecting and insisting on only the best from me. Professor Lawton P.G. Peckham, my second reader, provided much needed reassurance and useful suggestions. I am also grateful to Professors Joseph Malone, Robert Allen, and Carl Bayerschmidt, members of the defense committee, for their pointed questions and comments.

Research for this work was supported by grants from the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (NDEA Title IV), the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Foundation, and Columbia University. The Taft Faculty Committee of the University of Cincinnati has helped to defray part of the publication costs. I am grateful to all of them for their generosity.

Michael H. Gertner

Paris, July 1972

本书基于我 1971 年在哥伦比亚大学的博士论文。我想向我的论文导师罗伯特・奥斯特利茨（Robert Austerlitz）教授表达诚挚的感谢，他一直对我寄予厚望，坚持要求我做到最好。我的第二审阅人劳顿・P.G. 佩克姆（Lawton P.G. Peckham）教授给予了我亟需的鼓励和实用的建议。我也感谢答辩委员会成员约瑟夫・马隆（Joseph Malone）教授、罗伯特・艾伦（Robert Allen）教授和卡尔・拜尔施密特（Carl Bayerschmidt）教授，感谢他们提出的尖锐问题和意见。

这项研究工作得到了美国卫生、教育和福利部（《国防教育法》第四章）、伍德罗・威尔逊奖学金基金会以及哥伦比亚大学的资助。辛辛那提大学的塔夫特教师委员会帮助支付了部分出版费用。我感谢他们所有人的慷慨相助。

迈克尔・H. 格特纳

1972 年 7 月，巴黎