Some Specimens of a Canadian French Dialect Spoken in Maine

Sheldon, Edward S.

A short explanation of notes taken on the linguistic properties of one Waterville and another Cornville, Maine, Franco-American's French language tendencies in the late nineteenth century. Historical measure of the MLA's concern with Canadian French in America before the turn of the century, and an early dissection of local French by a linguist attracted to the structures and tones common to Central Maine French speech.

1888

en; fr

Journal Article

1880s; central Maine

Transactions and Proceedings of the Modern Language Association of America

3

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