Variation and Change in Mainland and Insular Norman

Jones, Mari C.

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“…Fr. mensonges (Brasseur : 115; Liddicoat : 301–11; Jones : 139–40, : Chapter 2); (ii) kérouoign ‘rotting corpse’ ((2) l.2) (cf. Fr.…”

Section: An Invisible Language?unclassified

“…crois ), Norman preposition usage ( ès [(4) l.2] for Fr. aux , see Jones ) and even a calque of English ( les papiers d' nouvelles < newspapers [(4) l.5]).…”

Section: An Invisible Language?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A feature about ghost stories, written under the pseudonym ‘Arica’ and published in Le Bailliage on 29 May 1888 includes the occasional Auregnais word to denote objects pertaining to island life that have clearly passed into Alderney English (see for example (5)) (see Jones : 52–3, : Chapter 8 for the same phenomenon in other varieties of Channel Island English).

(5) Old Pierre O. was wont to relate, how, when lighting his old fashioned crasset [a small oil lamp hooked on the wall by the fireside] as it stood attached to the wall, he had seen three headless antique‐looking men (my insertion).…”

Section: An Invisible Language?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…does seem to be making a clear attempt to bring out the Norman ‘character’ of the text: with, for example, the use of je as a 1PL pronoun ((6) ll. 10, 15) (Guerlin de Guer : 157; Hébert : 36; Liddicoat : 240; UPNC : 60–1; Lepelley : 91; Marie : 413; Jones ); impersonal pronoun nou ((6) l.12) (Lepelley 1974: 112–14, : 88–9; Tomlinson : 55–62; Hébert : 36–9; Liddicoat : 240–9; Marie : 414; Jones ); preterite forms in – i ((6) l.7) (Lepelley 1974: 125; Birt : 104–6; Liddicoat : 184; Tomlinson : 93–4; Marie : 427; Jones ); Norman demonstrative adjectives in ch ‐ (presumably [ʃ] rather than ‘French’ [s]) ((6) ll. 4, 13) (Lepelley 1974: 315; Birt : 21–2; Liddicoat : 257; Tomlinson : 35; Marie : 390).…”

Section: An Invisible Language?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…4, 13) (Lepelley 1974: 315; Birt : 21–2; Liddicoat : 257; Tomlinson : 35; Marie : 390). The text also includes an English borrowing ( policeman ) and a calque ( papier ) (Spence : 23–9; Liddicoat : 298–9; Jones , , : Chapter 7).…”

Section: An Invisible Language?mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Auregnais: Insular Norman's Invisible Relative

Jones

2015

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Insular Norman was, for the most part, the main everyday language of the Channel Islands until the twentieth century. Today, the Norman dialects spoken in Jersey, Guernsey and Sark are all severely endangered. The dialect of Alderney (Auregnais) is extinct and has disappeared with very little trace. This study explores the reason why the Channel Island geographically closest to the Norman mainland was the first to lose its Norman tongue. It considers the sources that can be examined for Auregnais in the nineteenth century, when it was still a living language, in order to determine what linguistic information can be uncovered about this seemingly invisible variety of Insular Norman and attempts to provide an outline of some of the linguistic features of Auregnais set alongside those of other varieties of Norman.

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“…Fr. mensonges (Brasseur : 115; Liddicoat : 301–11; Jones : 139–40, : Chapter 2); (ii) kérouoign ‘rotting corpse’ ((2) l.2) (cf. Fr.…”

Section: An Invisible Language?unclassified

“…crois ), Norman preposition usage ( ès [(4) l.2] for Fr. aux , see Jones ) and even a calque of English ( les papiers d' nouvelles < newspapers [(4) l.5]).…”

Section: An Invisible Language?mentioning

confidence: 99%