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Download full textPaugh, Amy L. – 1999
A study examined language socialization in Dominica (West Indies), focusing on the use of a French-based creole, Patwa, in a situation of linguistic and social change. Despite claims that Patwa is integral to Dominican identity, rural caregivers choose to speak English to language-learning children, contributing to rapid attrition of Patwa.…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Language, Creoles, English
Mear-Crine, A. M. – Francais dans le Monde, 1977
This article reviews the situation of the instruction of French in Quebec, in terms of the role of French and attitudes toward standard and non-standard varieties of French, the acquisition of French by native French speakers. Bidialectal instruction is suggested as one way of dealing with non-standard varieties. (Text is in French.) (CLK)
Descriptors: Child Language, French, Language Instruction, Language Role
Py, Bernard, Ed. – Travaux Neuchatelois de Linguistique (TRANEL), 1993
The conference papers from a colloquium on issues in bilingualism and biculturalism include: "Le bilinguisme et biculturalisme: essai de definition" ("Bilingualism and Biculturalism: Attempt at Definition") (Francois Grosjean); "La variation individuelle dans l'acquisition d'une langue seconde" ("Individual…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Articulation (Speech), Bilingualism, Child Language
Grosjean, Francois, Ed. – Travaux Neuchatelois de Linguistique (TRANEL), 1994
Research papers on language and linguistics include: "Enchainement des mots et acces au lexique en francais" ("Word Order and Lexical Access in French") (Besson); "L'apport de la coarticulation dans la perception de consonnes occlusives et constrictives" ("The Contribution of Coarticulation to the Perception of…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Bilingualism, Child Language, Children
Auger, Julie; Rose, Yvan – 1997
Essays on lexicon and vocabulary development, all in French, address these topics: bilingual lexicon in the context of translation; lexical and conceptual representation in bilinguals; pronouns in "existential" constructions in French and English; configurational functions within grammar; Gustaf Stern's diachronic semantic schema; the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Bilingualism, Child Language, Code Switching (Language)
Laberge, Julie, Ed.; Vezina, Robert, Ed. – 1996
The 33 papers, all in French, from the 1996 conference on research in linguistics address a wide range of topics in linguistics, including: linguists as an endangered species; categorizing verb specifiers in Yoruba; socio-terminology as a framework for understanding the language of orthodontia; French-to-Arabic borrowings in the 19th and 20th…
Descriptors: Advertising, African Languages, Arabic, Bilingualism
