عنوان

French and Creole in Louisiana

(Number (ISBN

1475752784

(Number (ISBN

9781475752786

Number

b551210

Title Proper

French and Creole in Louisiana

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Albert Valdman.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Boston, MA

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer US

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1997

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(xv, 372 pages)

Series Title

Topics in language and linguistics.

Text of Note

1 Introduction --;2 The Sociolinguistic Situation of Cajun. French: The Effects of Language Shift and Language Loss --;3 Field Method in Four Cajun Communities in Louisiana --;4 A Structural Sketch of the Cajun French Spoken in Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes --;5 The Structure of Louisiana Creole --;6 The Lexicon of Louisiana French --;7 The Louisiana French Movement: Actors and Actions in Social Change --;8 The Development of a Louisiana French Norm --;9 French and Creole on St. Barth and St. Thomas --;10 Structural Aspects and Current Sociolinguistic Situation of Acadian French --;11 Sociolinguistic Heterogeneity: The Franco-Ontarians --;12 Towards a Lexicography of French in Louisiana: Historical and Geographic Aspects --;13 The Origin and Development of Louisiana Creole French --;14 Research on Louisiana French Folklore and Folklife --;Name and Title Index.

Text of Note

Topics discussed include: language shift and code mixing speaker attitudes the role of schools and media in the maintenance of these languages and such language planning initiatives as the CODOFIL program to revive the sue of French in Louisiana.

Consciousness.

Linguistics.

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Book number

edited by Albert Valdman.

Albert Valdman

Electronic name

[Book]

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