Historic linguistic consequences were studied in five separate areas of Atlantic Canada's Acadian population. Focus was on certain verbs in the third person present plural and the hypothesis that "allent" and "faisent" are the result of hypercorrection. Results suggest complex reasons for their use and an indication of some social isolation in the Francophone world.

Notes : Theme issue, "Communicative Accommodation: A New Perspective on 'Hypercorrect' Speech."