{"product_id":"dictionary-of-louisiana-french-as-spoken-in-cajun-creole-and-american-indian-communities-hardcover","title":"Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlbert Valdman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKevin J. Rottet\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eBarry Jean Ancelet\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eDictionary of Louisiana French (DLF)\u003c\/i\u003e provides the richest inventory of French vocabulary in Louisiana and reflects precisely the speech of the period from 1930 to the present. This dictionary describes the current usage of French-speaking peoples in the five broad regions of South Louisiana: the coastal marshes, the banks of the Mississippi River, the central area, the north, and the western prairie. Data were collected during interviews from at least five persons in each of twenty-four areas in these regions. In addition to the data collected from fieldwork, the dictionary contains material compiled from existing lexical inventories, from texts published after 1930, and from archival recordings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The new authoritative resource, the \u003ci\u003eDLF\u003c\/i\u003e not only contains the largest number of words and expressions but also provides the most complete information available for each entry. Entries include the word in the conventional French spelling, the pronunciation (including attested variants), the part of speech classification, the English equivalent, and the word's use in common phrases. The \u003ci\u003eDLF\u003c\/i\u003e features a wealth of illustrative examples derived from fieldwork and textual sources and identification of the parish where the entry was collected or the source from which it was compiled. An English-to-Louisiana French index enables readers to find out how particular notions would be expressed in \u003ci\u003ela Louisiane\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe definitive reference tool for understanding francophone Louisiana and its rich, French variety\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlbert Valdman\u003c\/b\u003e is Rudy Professor of French, Italian, and Linguistics (emeritus) and the director of the Creole Institute at Indiana University. He is also editor of the \u003ci\u003eHaitian Creole-English Bilingual Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eKevin J. Rottet \u003c\/b\u003eis associate professor of French linguistics and adjunct professor of linguistics at Indiana University. He is author of \u003ci\u003eLanguage Shift in the Coastal Marshes of Louisiana\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of the \u003ci\u003eDictionary of Louisiana Creole\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 900\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.92 x 11.26 x 8.86 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468819939506,"sku":"9781604734034","price":72.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/2fb14d82989413fa3750270deb69b7bb.webp?v=1779059125","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/dictionary-of-louisiana-french-as-spoken-in-cajun-creole-and-american-indian-communities-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}