Louisiana French
Talks
In this presentation, we report on our efforts to determine how many Creole speakers remain in the area, how attitudes towards the language have evolved since Klingler’s 2003 study, and what effect language preservation efforts have had.
Mar 30, 2016
SECOL 83
New Orleans, LA
Thomas Klingler, Andrew Abdalian, Aurore Denizot, Eva Hitchcock, Sarah Goolishian, Kaitlin Maheu, Natalie Schmitz, Jonathan Slaughter, Selene Smith, Mallory Wheeler, N.A. Wendte
The goal of our research is to better document the French of Grand Isle before it disappears entirely in order to have a more complete understanding of language variation in francophone Louisiana. In this presentation, we report the preliminary results of our fieldwork, focusing on the linguistic features we have found that set it apart from the rest of Louisiana French.
Mar 30, 2016
SECOL 83
New Orleans, LA
Thomas Klingler, Andrew Abdalian, Aurore Denizot, Eva Hitchcock, Sarah Goolishian, Kaitlin Maheu, Natalie Schmitz, Jonathan Slaughter, Selene Smith, Mallory Wheeler, N.A. Wendte