De quoi le chiac est-il le nom? : Une étude du parcours définitoires du chiac et de ses enjeux dans la littérature savante et de vulgarisation scientifique
Year:
2020
Author :
Volume and number:
, No 50
Journal:
, Francophonies d'Amérique
Pages :
, 95-118
DOI :
https://doi.org/10.7202/1073711ar
Abstract
Based on the example of chiac, this article proposes a critical analysis of the academic operations of definition and categorization. Following the scholarly literature devoted to the subject over the past 25 years, I describe the categorizations and re-categorizations to which chiac has been subjected. I seek to illustrate the changeable nature of definitions and the constructed character of linguistic classifications. I also analyze a general linguistics book aimed at a popular audience to similarly observe processes of definition and classification at work. This article argues that the linguistic non-autonomy of chiac and the (massive) use of elements borrowed from another language and used by a large number of people, should not be interpreted simplistically as the sign of ongoing assimilation of the entire community.
Theme :
CanadaLinguisticsLiterature
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