Pre-Acadian Cajun French

Baronian, Luc

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“…In French-speaking Louisiana, however, common sociolinguistic factors appear to be active: some studies have found that sex and speech style are most important for explaining certain language variation patterns (Carmichael 2007(Carmichael , 2008Blainey 2009Blainey , 2010 while others have found that age is the strongest explanatory sociolinguistic factor (Salmon 2007(Salmon , 2009. Still others have reported geographically-based variation patterns (Baronian 2005, Dubois 2005, Dajko et al 2008, Blainey 2015, and those examining questions of ethnicity have underscored its importance for language variation patterns in Francophone Louisiana (Dajko 2009(Dajko , 2012 1 . As a result, it is important to consider all potential extralinguistic factors at the analysis stage.…”

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Sociolinguistic research with endangered varieties: The case of Louisiana French

Blainey

2017

Can. J. Linguist.

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This article outlines the differences in goals, methods and results that variationist researchers may encounter when exploring and/or documenting a threatened language variety, and underscores special considerations and aspects of the research program that linguists must work to control for when working with endangered varieties of Western languages. In particular, it examines questions and strategies for dealing with sparse data for longitudinal studies; fewer speakers for stratified samples; the inverse relation between linguistic fluency and age; social network constraints in small speech communities; literacy-centric exercises in oral language communities; and larger project protocols designed for stable linguistic communities. Throughout the paper, the collection and analysis of Louisiana French liaison data from 1939, 1977, and 2010 provide an application of the proposed methods.

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Sociolinguistic research with endangered varieties: The case of Louisiana French

Blainey

2017

Can. J. Linguist.

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“…As the cultures influenced each other, their languages did as well (Baronian 2005; Brasseaux 1992). Though not all exogamous marriages were made with other Francophones (Brasseaux 1992: 106) there was a general leveling of French dialects across the state (Brasseaux 1992: 109).…”

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Sociolinguistics of Ethnicity in Francophone Louisiana

Dajko

2012

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The situation of French in Louisiana and its relationship to ethnicity is often presented in an oversimplified way. Misunderstandings of the terms Cajun and Creole tend to lead to a perception that Louisiana Francophone categories are easy to define or correspond simply to language varieties bearing the same names. In fact, historical changes to both Cajun and Creole identities have led to today’s conflation of terms that belies a much more complex state of affairs featuring considerable linguistic diversity. Furthermore, the focus on these two terms has ignored a third group of Francophones, American Indians. Linguistic fieldwork reveals that Cajuns, Creoles, and Indians all express their identities by manipulating the language differently, but that labels given are not always reliable indicators of the type of French spoken.

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Les français d'Amérique : état des faits, état de la recherche, perspectives futures

Baronian

2007

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Cet article résume d'abord l'état des parl ers des communautés francophones du Canada, de la Louisiane et du nord des États-Unis (nombre de locuteurs ; situation majoritaire, minoritaire ou de bilinguisme ; survol historique de la colonisation). Ensuite, nous présentons chacun des articles de ce volume, par région géographique. Il en ressort une différence entre les études sur le français québécois, surtout basées sur des corpus écrits ou oraux existants, et celles sur les français de la Louisiane et de l'Ouest, centrées autour de la collecte de nouvelles données orales. Également, les auteurs européens s'intéressent surtout à l'axe historique Acadie/Louisiane, tandis que les auteurs canadiens se préoccupent plutôt des axes Québec/Ouest et Québec/Acadie. À notre connaissance, il n'existe pas de travaux sur l'axe historique Québec/Louisiane, le long du Mississippi, en passant par les anciens forts français. En soulignant ces zones moins exploitées de larecherche, nous espérons susciter ainsi l'intérêt des jeunes chercheurs.

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Pre-Acadian Cajun French

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Sociolinguistic research with endangered varieties: The case of Louisiana French

Sociolinguistic research with endangered varieties: The case of Louisiana French

Sociolinguistics of Ethnicity in Francophone Louisiana

Les français d'Amérique : état des faits, état de la recherche, perspectives futures

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