Les parlers français oubliés d’Amérique : le franco-minnesotain et le franco-dakota

Les parlers français oubliés d’Amérique : le franco-minnesotain et le franco-dakota

Abstract Ever since Valdman (1979) the varieties of French spoken in the United-States are relatively well known; nevertheless, there remain two varieties that have never been described: the French spoken in a number of small communities in Polk and Red Lake counties in north-western Minnesota an...

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Main Author: Robert A. Papen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Carleton University 2006-12-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics
Online Access:https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/CJAL/article/view/19766
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spelling doaj-d6b05cef98a34efc8b732232ccd9cf902021-03-02T03:08:03ZengCarleton UniversityCanadian Journal of Applied Linguistics1481-868X1920-18182006-12-010902149171Les parlers français oubliés d’Amérique : le franco-minnesotain et le franco-dakotaRobert A. Papen0Université du Québec à MontréalAbstract Ever since Valdman (1979) the varieties of French spoken in the United-States are relatively well known; nevertheless, there remain two varieties that have never been described: the French spoken in a number of small communities in Polk and Red Lake counties in north-western Minnesota and the Mitchif French spoken at Belcourt and surrounding areas in North Dakota. In this article, the aim is to rapidly sketch the history of the first colonists and residents of these two communities and secondly to describe the basic linguistic features of the French spoken there, comparing them either to their close cousins, the Western Canadian French vernacular varieties, or to Canadian Michif French.https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/CJAL/article/view/19766
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Les parlers français oubliés d’Amérique : le franco-minnesotain et le franco-dakota
Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics
author_facet Robert A. Papen
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title Les parlers français oubliés d’Amérique : le franco-minnesotain et le franco-dakota
title_short Les parlers français oubliés d’Amérique : le franco-minnesotain et le franco-dakota
title_full Les parlers français oubliés d’Amérique : le franco-minnesotain et le franco-dakota
title_fullStr Les parlers français oubliés d’Amérique : le franco-minnesotain et le franco-dakota
title_full_unstemmed Les parlers français oubliés d’Amérique : le franco-minnesotain et le franco-dakota
title_sort les parlers français oubliés d’amérique : le franco-minnesotain et le franco-dakota
publisher Carleton University
series Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics
issn 1481-868X
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publishDate 2006-12-01
description Abstract Ever since Valdman (1979) the varieties of French spoken in the United-States are relatively well known; nevertheless, there remain two varieties that have never been described: the French spoken in a number of small communities in Polk and Red Lake counties in north-western Minnesota and the Mitchif French spoken at Belcourt and surrounding areas in North Dakota. In this article, the aim is to rapidly sketch the history of the first colonists and residents of these two communities and secondly to describe the basic linguistic features of the French spoken there, comparing them either to their close cousins, the Western Canadian French vernacular varieties, or to Canadian Michif French.
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