Les français d'Amérique : état des faits, état de la recherche, perspectives futures
Year:
2006
Authors and Collaborators :
Volume and number:
, 37
Collection:
, 2
Journal:
, Revue de l'Université de Moncton
Pages :
, 9-20
Abstract
Cet article résume d'abord l'état des parlers des communautés francophones du Canada, de la Louisiane et du nord des États-Unis (nombre de locuteurs ; situation majoritaire, minoritaire ou de bilinguisme ; survol historique de la colonisation). Ensuite, nous présentons chacun des articles de ce volume, par région géographique. Il en ressort une différence entre les études sur le français québécois, surtout basées sur des corpus écrits ou oraux existants, et celles sur les français de la Louisiane et de l'Ouest, centrées autour de la collecte de nouvelles données orales. Également, les auteurs européens s'intéressent surtout à l'axe historique Acadie/Louisiane, tandis que les auteurs canadiens se préoccupent plutôt des axes Québec/Ouest et Québec/Acadie. À notre connaissance, il n'existe pas de travaux sur l'axe historique Québec/Louisiane, le long du Mississippi, en passant par les anciens forts français. En soulignant ces zones moins exploitées de la recherche, nous espérons susciter ainsi l'intérêt des jeunes chercheurs.
This article first summarises the state of the varieties of French spoken in Canada, the northern United States and Louisiana (number of speakers; majority, minority and bilingual communities; historical summary of colonisation). We then present each article of this volume by geographical region. A difference surfaces between the studies on Quebec French, mainly based on existing written and oral corpora, and the studies on Western and Louisiana French, centered on the gathering of new oral data. Furthermore, European linguists are mainly interested in the links between Acadia and Louisiana, while their Canadian colleagues focus more on the links between Quebec and the West or between Quebec and Acadia. To the best of our knowledge, there has been no research done on the historical links between Quebec and Louisiana, by way of the Mississippi, via the old French forts. By highlighting these less explored areas of research, we hope to arouse the interest of younger scholars.
This article first summarises the state of the varieties of French spoken in Canada, the northern United States and Louisiana (number of speakers; majority, minority and bilingual communities; historical summary of colonisation). We then present each article of this volume by geographical region. A difference surfaces between the studies on Quebec French, mainly based on existing written and oral corpora, and the studies on Western and Louisiana French, centered on the gathering of new oral data. Furthermore, European linguists are mainly interested in the links between Acadia and Louisiana, while their Canadian colleagues focus more on the links between Quebec and the West or between Quebec and Acadia. To the best of our knowledge, there has been no research done on the historical links between Quebec and Louisiana, by way of the Mississippi, via the old French forts. By highlighting these less explored areas of research, we hope to arouse the interest of younger scholars.
Theme :
AcadiaBilingualismOfficial Language CommunitiesFrancophonesFrancophones Outside QuebecGeography – MappingHistory and folkloreLinguistic minoritiesQuebec
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