These papers, given at five general sessions and fifteen workshops, discuss the relationship between cultural identity and the French language in the Americas, and deal with the following topics: (1) French speech in Canada; (2) anthropology and cultural identity; (3) translation; (4) French in Ontario and New England; (5) sociology; (6) communities in Ontario and Louisiana; (7) the French to be taught in schools; (8) Creole and French in the Antilles; (9) history and nationalism; (10) sociolinguistic questions; (11) the minority writer; (12) popular traditions; (13) theater, the conscience of the people; (14) religion; (15) cinema; (16) the local press; (17) the publishing industry; (18) songs; (19) radio and television; and (20) political power and the survival of French. (AMH)