{"id":87,"date":"2008-11-18T15:58:52","date_gmt":"2008-11-18T13:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elanguage.net\/blogs\/booknotices\/?p=87"},"modified":"2008-11-18T16:01:08","modified_gmt":"2008-11-18T14:01:08","slug":"le-francais-en-amerique-du-nord-etat-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.linguisticsociety.org\/booknotices\/?p=87","title":{"rendered":"Le fran\u00e7ais en Am\u00e9rique du Nord: \u00c9tat pr\u00e9sent."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" \/><meta name=\"ProgId\" content=\"Word.Document\" \/><meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" \/><meta name=\"Originator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" \/>\n<link href=\"file:\/\/\/C:%5CDOKUME%7E1%5CADMINI%7E1%5CLOKALE%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml\" rel=\"File-List\" \/><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" name=\"City\"><\/o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" name=\"country-region\"><\/o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" name=\"State\"><\/o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" name=\"PlaceType\"><\/o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" name=\"PlaceName\"><\/o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" name=\"place\"><\/o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:WordDocument>   <w:View>Normal<\/w:View>   <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>   <w:HyphenationZone>21<\/w:HyphenationZone>   <w:PunctuationKerning\/>   <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>   <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>   <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>   <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>   <w:Compatibility>    <w:BreakWrappedTables\/>    <w:SnapToGridInCell\/>    <w:WrapTextWithPunct\/>    <w:UseAsianBreakRules\/>    <w:DontGrowAutofit\/>   <\/w:Compatibility>   <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel>  <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\">  <\/w:LatentStyles> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object  classid=\"clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D\" id=ieooui><\/object>\n\n\n<style> st1\\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <\/style>\n\n <![endif]--><\/p>\n<style><!--  \/* Font Definitions *\/  @font-face \t{font-family:\"MS Sans Serif\"; \tpanose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; \tmso-font-charset:77; \tmso-generic-font-family:swiss; \tmso-font-format:other; \tmso-font-pitch:variable; \tmso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}  \/* Style Definitions *\/  p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal \t{mso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmargin:0cm; \tmargin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:10.0pt; \tfont-family:\"MS Sans Serif\"; \tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-ansi-language:CS; \tmso-fareast-language:CS; \tfont-style:italic; \tmso-bidi-font-style:normal;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink \t{color:blue; \ttext-decoration:underline; \ttext-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed \t{color:purple; \ttext-decoration:underline; \ttext-underline:single;} @page Section1 \t{size:612.0pt 792.0pt; \tmargin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt; \tmso-header-margin:36.0pt; \tmso-footer-margin:36.0pt; \tmso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 \t{page:Section1;} --> <\/style>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 10]>\n\n\n\n<style>  \/* Style Definitions *\/  table.MsoNormalTable \t{mso-style-name:\"Normale Tabelle\"; \tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; \tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0; \tmso-style-noshow:yes; \tmso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; \tmso-para-margin:0cm; \tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:10.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-ansi-language:#0400; \tmso-fareast-language:#0400; \tmso-bidi-language:#0400;} <\/style>\n\n <![endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal\">Le fran\u00e7ais en Am\u00e9rique du Nord: <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal\">\u00c9tat pr\u00e9sent.<strong> <\/strong>Ed. by <strong>Albert Valdman<\/strong>, <strong>Julie Auger<\/strong>, and <strong>Deborah Piston-Hatlen<\/strong>. (<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal\" lang=\"FR\">Collection Langue fran\u00e7aise en Am\u00e9rique du Nord.) <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal\">Saint-Nicolas: Les Presses de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Laval, 2005. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal\" lang=\"EN-US\">Pp. 583. ISBN <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/isbn\/2763782426\" target=\"_blank\">2763782426<\/a>. $45 (Hb).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 6pt 0cm 18pt; text-align: right; line-height: 150%\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal\" lang=\"EN-US\">Reviewed by <\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal\" lang=\"EN-US\">Jan Hole\u0161<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal\" lang=\"EN-US\">, <\/span><st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:placename w:st=\"on\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-US\">Palack\u00fd<\/span><\/st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-US\"> <st1:placetype w:st=\"on\">University<\/st1:placetype><\/span><\/st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal\" lang=\"EN-US\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-style: normal\" lang=\"EN-US\">The French language in <st1:place w:st=\"on\">North America<\/st1:place> has had a long history, lasting for four hundred years. It has always coexisted there with a number of Indo-European and indigenous Indian languages. This makes <st1:place w:st=\"on\">North America<\/st1:place> a fascinating linguistic laboratory, which can cast light on many questions about the history of French, the formation of creole languages, and some general problems related to the evolution of language. This collection of papers overall provides insight into these areas.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-style: normal\" lang=\"EN-US\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-style: normal\" lang=\"EN-US\">The book is divided into four main sections, containing twenty-six contributions written by renowned experts. The first part presents practically all French-speaking communities in North America, with the exception of the archipelago of Saint-Pierre et <st1:place w:st=\"on\">Miquelon<\/st1:place> where there is a variety of French that is quite similar to European French. The first group of papers gathered in this part describe the demographically most important communities (Quebec, Acadia, Ontario, New England, and Louisiana); the second group deals with lesser-known and peripheral communities, often ensconced in an English-speaking environment (Newfoundland, the Canadian West, isolated French-speaking communities in the US, and Saint-Barth\u00e9lemy, a <span style=\"color: black\">French<\/span> <span style=\"color: black\">island<\/span> located in the <span style=\"color: black\">Caribbean<\/span>).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-style: normal\" lang=\"EN-US\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-style: normal\" lang=\"EN-US\">The second part contains six articles analyzing the phenomena of language contact and decline. Three articles focus on Louisiana French and deal with the history and the present state of Cajun French, its variation, and the problem of the demarcation of <st1:state w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Louisiana<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> language varieties. Two articles describe mixed languages used in <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\">Canada<\/st1:country-region>, namely the Chiac language (a vernacular French mixed with <span style=\"color: black\">English<\/span> used near <st1:city w:st=\"on\">Moncton<\/st1:city> in <st1:place w:st=\"on\">Acadia<\/st1:place>) and the Michif language (a French-<span style=\"color: black\">Cree<\/span> creole characterized especially by French nouns and Cree verbs). Another article is concerned with the role of linguistic and extralinguistic factors in the devernacularization of the language in minority French-speaking communities in <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Canada<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-style: normal\" lang=\"EN-US\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-style: normal\" lang=\"EN-US\">The third part examines the efforts toward the maintenance of French varieties outside <st1:state w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Quebec<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>, often menaced by extinction. The articles deal with the elaboration of language norms in Quebec, Acadia, and Louisiana; the revitalization of Louisiana Cajun French and French in the Canadian Maritime Provinces; and the roles of Creole and French in the cultural identity of the Haitian diaspora.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-style: normal\" lang=\"EN-US\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-style: normal\" lang=\"EN-US\">The last part turns to comparative and historical studies, investigating structural affinities and divergences of Acadian French in Canada and Louisiana, the origin and structures of French creoles in America, the hypothesis of a common origin of North-American French, correspondences and differences between the French used in Missouri and Canadian French, and the necessity of examining textual sources dating from the colonial period. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal\" lang=\"EN-US\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal\" lang=\"EN-US\">This book will become a precious resource for researchers in the fields of Francophony, creolistics, and demolinguistics. It will be useful for those who want to understand the present sociolinguistic situation in various parts of <st1:place w:st=\"on\">North America<\/st1:place>. Several articles present recent results of research carried out on the spot. It will become a basis for further descriptions of French on this continent. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal\" lang=\"EN-US\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le fran\u00e7ais en Am\u00e9rique du Nord: \u00c9tat pr\u00e9sent. Ed. by Albert Valdman, Julie Auger, and Deborah Piston-Hatlen. (Collection Langue fran\u00e7aise en Am\u00e9rique du Nord.) Saint-Nicolas: Les Presses de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Laval, 2005. Pp. 583. ISBN 2763782426. $45 (Hb). 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