L'Alternance entre les auxiliaires "avoir" et "etre" en francais parle a Montreal (Alternation between the Auxiliaries "Avoir" and "Etre" in Spoken French in Montreal).

Sankoff, Gillian; Thibault, Pierrette

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Publication Date: 1977

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L'Alternance entre les auxiliaires "avoir" et "etre" en francais parle a Montreal (Alternation between the Auxiliaries "Avoir" and "Etre" in Spoken French in Montreal)

Sankoff, Gillian; Thibault, Pierrette

Langue Francaise, 34, 81-108, May 77

A study of the spoken French of 120 residents of Montreal. The researchers were interested in the linguistic and social factors influencing the use of "avoir" and "etre." Results show that this usage corresponds to a tendancy to regularize conjugations. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Research, Language Styles, Language Usage, Language Variation, Social Influences, Sociolinguistics, Standard Spoken Usage, Verbs

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Identifiers - Location: Canada; Canada (Montreal)

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