Language Shift in the Coastal Marshes of Louisiana
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Studies in Ethnolinguistics
ISBN-10
0820449806
ISBN-13
9780820449807
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 5th, 2001
Print length
302 Pages
Weight
568 grams
Dimensions
16.00 x 27.70 x 2.20 cms
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Language: reference & general
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Throughout the twentieth century numerous ethnic cultures and languages have been threatened by increasing globalization. French Louisiana, a vibrant and diverse region that has been culturally and linguistically distinct from its neighbors for over two centuries, has not been spared this trend. Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes, which comprise the coastal marsh area, have been described as strongholds of tradition, in which large numbers of people have continued to speak Cajun French. Yet a closer examination reveals that widespread bilingualism is drawing to a close, with very few young people able to speak French at all. This book examines the intergenerational decline of French in the coastal marsh area, including changes taking place in the structure of the language in what appears to be its terminal phase.
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