Year: 1977
Type: dissertation
Abstract: i c a l o v erv iew o f L o u is ia n a F re n c h , d iv id e d i n t o t h r e e p h a s e s : a ) th e i n t r o d u c ti o n and e x p an sio n o f th e F rench la n g u ag e i n t h i s p a r t o f th e New World d u rin g th e C o lo n ia l P e rio d (1 6 9 9 -1 8 0 3 ); B) th e i n f i l t r a t i o n o f th e E n g lis h lan g u ag e in L o u is ia n a a f t e r th e P u rc h a se and th e su b se q u e n t d e c li n e o f th e F ren ch ; and c) th e r e c e n t a tte m p ts made by l o c a l o r g a n iz a tio n s to renew an i n t e r e s t in th e French h e r i t a g e and to im plem ent th e u s e o f th e F rench la n g u a g e .C h a p te r Two s e e k s to a s s e s s th e v a r io u s se m a n tic c o n f ig u r a tio n s a c cum ulated by th e te rm c r e o le i n th e S ta te b o th d ia c h r o n ic a lly and s y nc h r o n ic a ll y and to d is c u s s i n p a r t i c u l a r th e l i n g u i s t i c h y b r i d i z a t io n w hich gave b i r t h to th e l o c a l c r e o li z e d F ren c h .The f i r s t p u rp o se o f C h ap ter T h ree was to re v ie w c r i t i c a l l y p a s t s tu d ie s w hich s o u g h t i n v a r io u s ways to g iv e e i t h e r an e s ti m a tio n on th e s iz e o f th e G a llic community o r a g e o g ra p h ic a l mapping o f i t s t e r r i t o r y , showing t h a t th e d e s t i n c t i o n betw een a F ren ch and a F re n c h -s p e a k in g p e rso n has n o t alw ays b een c a r e f u l l y draw n.The second m ajo r o b je c t iv e was to d is u c s s th e complex n e tw o rk o f v a r i a b l e s w hich need to be d e fin e d in o r d e r t h a t an a p p ro x im a tio n a n d /o r a t e r r i t o r i a l mapping o f th e L o u is ia n a F ren ch p o p u la tio n may be s a t i s f a c t o r i l y a c h ie v e d .
Source: Louisiana State University
Author: Oukada, Larbi
Institution: Louisiana State University
Language: English
Subfield: Linguistics and Language
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
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