French and Creole in Louisiana

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Introduction

   • Albert Valdman

   Pages 1-23

3. The Sociolinguistic Situation of Cajun French

   • Carl Blyth

   Pages 25-46

4. Field Method in Four Cajun Communities in Louisiana

   • Sylvie Dubois

   Pages 47-70

5. A Structural Sketch of the Cajun French Spoken in Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes

   • Robert A. Papen, Kevin J. Rottet

   Pages 71-108

6. The Structure of Louisiana Creole

   • Albert Valdman, Thomas A. Klingler

   Pages 109-144

7. The Lexicon of Louisiana French

   • Thomas A. Klingler, Michael D. Picone, Albert Valdman

   Pages 145-181

8. The Louisiana French Movement

   • Jacques Henry

   Pages 183-213

9. The Development of a Louisiana French Norm

   • Becky Brown

   Pages 215-235

10. French and Creole on St. Barth and St. Thomas

    • Julianne Maher

    Pages 237-253

11. Structural Aspects and Current Sociolinguistic Situation of Acadian French

    • Karin Flikeid

    Pages 255-286

12. Sociolinguistic Heterogeneity

    • Raymond Mougeon

    Pages 287-313

13. Toward a Lexicography of French in Louisiana

    • Pierre Rézeau

    Pages 315-332

14. The Origin and Development of Louisiana Creole French

    • Margaret M. Marshall

    Pages 333-349

15. Research on Louisiana French Folklore and Folklife

    • Barry Jean Ancelet

    Pages 351-359

16. Back Matter

    Pages 361-372

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Leading specialists on Cajun French and Louisiana Creole examine dialectology and sociolinguistics in this volume, the first comprehensive treatment of the linguistic situation of francophone Louisiana and its relation to the current development of French in North America outside of Quebec. 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. £/LIST£

• Action
• dialectology
• language
• linguistics
• sociolinguistics

• Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

  Albert Valdman

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