Les parlers français oubliés d'Amérique : le franco-minnesotain et le franco-dakotain
Year:
2006
Volume and number:
, 37
Collection:
, 2
Journal:
, Revue de l'Université de Moncton
Pages :
, 149-171
Abstract
Depuis Valdman (1979) on connaît assez bien les divers parlers français des États-Unis, mais il reste deux variétés qui n'ont jamais été décrites : le français de plusieurs communautés « canadiennes » des comtés de Polk et de Red Lake dans le nord-ouest du Minnesota et le français mitchif du village de Belcourt et de ses environs au Dakota du Nord. L'objectif de cet article est premièrement de tracer rapidement l'histoire des premiers habitants de ces deux ensembles de communautés et deuxièmement de décrire les caractéristiques fondamentales des variétés de français parlées dans ces villages, les comparant soit aux verna-culaires cousins des provinces de l'Ouest canadien, soit au parler des Mitchifs du Canada.
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.
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.
Theme :
Linguistics
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