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Retention of Regional French Vocabulary
Anne Violin-Wigent
Sep 30, 2014
With the development of mass media and compulsory state education, standardFrench has extended its scope, at the detriment of regional languages and dialects. In this study, I investigate the extent to which regional vocabulary...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Shakespeare Carolina's Romeo & Juliet Comes to Life Under the Stars
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
"Romeo & Juliet" will run at 8 p.m. Aug. 21 - 24 and Aug. 28-31. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for students with an ID and seniors and $2.50 for Winthrop Welcome Week Pass holders.
Published by: Winthrop University
“When in France, do as the French do!”
Ella Adriana Chirinos
Sep 11, 2018
With the rise of the far-right in Europe, previously unpopular right-wing parties emerge from the shadows to rival the dominant parties of their state. One such political party which has benefited from the wave of far-right...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Retention of Regional French Vocabulary
Anne Violin-Wigent
Sep 30, 2014
With the development of mass media and compulsory state education, standardFrench has extended its scope, at the detriment of regional languages and dialects. In this study, I investigate the extent to which regional vocabulary...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
“When in France, do as the French do!”
Ella Adriana Chirinos
Sep 11, 2018
With the rise of the far-right in Europe, previously unpopular right-wing parties emerge from the shadows to rival the dominant parties of their state. One such political party which has benefited from the wave of far-right...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Listeners' Reactions to Four French Accents
This study examines two aspects of the role of gender in linguistic attitudes. First, it studies the issue of the dimensions which underlie linguistic attitudes, in particular whether features of masculinity and femininity play...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Listeners' Reactions to Four French Accents
This study examines two aspects of the role of gender in linguistic attitudes. First, it studies the issue of the dimensions which underlie linguistic attitudes, in particular whether features of masculinity and femininity play...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Mid and Low Vowels in Southeastern French
Alain Thomas
Sep 30, 2014
In this article, we present the partial results of a survey of French pronunciationin southeastern France, where the local variants are more and more threatened bystandard French (SF). In order to document this process, we have...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Mid and Low Vowels in Southeastern French
Alain Thomas
Sep 30, 2014
In this article, we present the partial results of a survey of French pronunciationin southeastern France, where the local variants are more and more threatened bystandard French (SF). In order to document this process, we have...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Theoretical Implications of French Nuclear Diphthongisation
Stephanie Kelly
Aug 01, 2013
This article examines morphophonemic alternation between the high vowels Ii y u/ and their glide counterparts Ij II wI. By their very nature glides lend themselves to two possible analyses: the glide can appear either as a...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Theoretical Implications of French Nuclear Diphthongisation
Stephanie Kelly
Aug 01, 2013
This article examines morphophonemic alternation between the high vowels Ii y u/ and their glide counterparts Ij II wI. By their very nature glides lend themselves to two possible analyses: the glide can appear either as a...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
The Domain of Gliding in French
Walcir Cardoso
Sep 10, 2013
Gliding is a domain-sensitive phonological process of European French in which the high vowels /i/, /y/, /u/ become their corresponding glides [j], [y], [w] in the presence of a following vowel, within the domain of the Prosodic...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Education, secularism, and illiberalism
Laïcité, France’s idiosyncratic principle of secularism, is a unique term that today engenders state forms of illiberalism, especially against marginalised communities in France. French Muslims experience instances of...
Jonathan Hauser
May 12, 2021
Emerging from the Mist
Ludovic Highman
Jan 11, 2021
The French higher education landscape has been considerably altered in the early twenty-first century. In order to enhance the competitiveness of the sector at the global level, the French government has steered the system...
The Domain of Gliding in French
Walcir Cardoso
Sep 10, 2013
Gliding is a domain-sensitive phonological process of European French in which the high vowels /i/, /y/, /u/ become their corresponding glides [j], [y], [w] in the presence of a following vowel, within the domain of the Prosodic...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Francitan vs. Standard French Pronunciation in Southeastern France
Alain Thomas
Nov 19, 2013
This article presents the results of a survey on French pronunciation in the Nice (France) area, which attempts to determine whether southern pronunciation is being lost in that region and, if so, to what extent, on which...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
An alternative proposal for French negation
In this paper, I propose an analysis of the negative expression (ne) pas 'not' in Modern Standard French, set within the minimalist program of Chomsky (1995), whose goal is to keep only principles no theory can do without...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
AN ASSESSMENT OF FRANCOIS BERNIER’S TRAVEL ACCOUNT
Sakul Kundra
Dec 14, 2019
French commercial and, later, political expansion in South Asia from 1600 to 1800 has attracted the attention of many historians. French travellers played a significant part in exploring overseas markets and establishing...
Published by: Department of History, University of Karachi
Elite connectivity and concerted action in French organization
Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explore some of the distinctive features of organizing and organization in France which set it apart from organization in other nations, and which are fundamental to its modus...
An alternative proposal for French negation
In this paper, I propose an analysis of the negative expression (ne) pas 'not' in Modern Standard French, set within the minimalist program of Chomsky (1995), whose goal is to keep only principles no theory can do without...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Love and love of self in early modern French writing
M Moriarty
Sep 20, 2013
This is a pre-print version of an article which was published in Seventeenth Century French Studies Volume 35, Number 1, July 2013 , pp. 80-97(18) and is available online at...
Elite connectivity and concerted action in French organization
Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explore some of the distinctive features of organizing and organization in France which set it apart from organization in other nations, and which are fundamental to its modus...
Caused motion across child languages
Previous research on motion expression indicates that typological properties influence how speakers select and express information in discourse (Slobin, 2004; Talmy, 2000). The present study further addresses this question by...
Emerging from the Mist
Ludovic Highman
Jan 11, 2021
The French higher education landscape has been considerably altered in the early twenty-first century. In order to enhance the competitiveness of the sector at the global level, the French government has steered the system...
Alignment of high tones in regional French
Svetlana Kaminskaïa
Mar 18, 2014
In regional French, tonal alignment has been understudied and remains an important empirical question. In this paper, samples of text readings from two historically related dialects - Quebec and Vendée varieties - are examined...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
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