Dictionary of Louisiana French : As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities

The Dictionary Of Louisiana French (dlf) Provides The Richest Inventory Of French Vocabulary In Louisiana And Reflects Precisely The Speech Of The Period From 1930 To The Present. This Dictionary Describes The Current Usage Of French-speaking Peoples In The Five Broad Regions Of South Louisiana: The Coastal Marshes, The Banks Of The Mississippi River, The Central Area, The North, And The Western Prairie. Data Were Collected During Interviews From At Least Five Persons In Each Of Twenty-four Areas In These Regions. In Addition To The Data Collected From Fieldwork, The Dictionary Contains Material Compiled From Existing Lexical Inventories, From Texts Published After 1930, And From Archival Recordings. The New Authoritative Resource, The Dlf Not Only Contains The Largest Number Of Words And Expressions But Also Provides The Most Complete Information Available For Each Entry. Entries Include The Word In The Conventional French Spelling, The Pronunciation (including Attested Variants), The Part Of Speech Classification, The English Equivalent, And The Word's Use In Common Phrases. The Dlf Features A Wealth Of Illustrative Examples Derived From Fieldwork And Textual Sources And Identification Of The Parish Where The Entry Was Collected Or The Source From Which It Was Compiled. An English-to-louisiana French Index Enables Readers To Find Out How Particular Notions Would Be Expressed In La Louisiane.--book Jacket. Senior Editor, Albert Valdman ; Associate Editor, Kevin J. Rottet ; Assistant Editors, Barry Jean Ancelet ... [et Al.]. "The Dictionary of Louisiana French (DLF) provides the richest inventory of French vocabulary in Louisiana and reflects precisely the speech of the period from 1930 to the present. This dictionary describes the current usage of French-speaking peoples in the five broad regions of South Louisiana : the coastal marshes, the banks of the Mississippi River, the central area, the north, and the western prairie. Data were collected during interviews from at least five persons in each of twenty-four areas in these regions. In addition to the data collected from fieldwork, the dictionary contains material compiled from existing lexical inventories, from texts published after 1930, and from archival recordings." "The new authoritative resource, the DLF not only contains the largest number of words and expressions but also provides the most complete information available for each entry. Entries include the word in the conventional French spelling, the pronunciation (including attested variants), the part of speech classification, the English equivalent, and the word's use in common phrases. The DLF features a wealth of illustrative examples derived from fieldwork and textual sources and identification of the parish where the entry was collected or the source from which it was compiled. An English-to-Louisiana French index enables readers to find out how particular notions would be expressed in la Louisiane."--Résumé de l'éditeur Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 Preface......Page 12 User’s Guide Diagram......Page 16 User’s Guide......Page 20 References List......Page 28 Source Codes List......Page 32 Parish Codes List......Page 34 List of Abbreviations Used in the Dictionary......Page 36 Pronunciation Guide......Page 38 Louisiana French-English Dictionary......Page 42 A......Page 44 B......Page 94 C......Page 136 D......Page 220 E......Page 267 F......Page 313 G......Page 346 H......Page 367 I......Page 379 J......Page 389 K......Page 398 L......Page 399 M......Page 416 N......Page 452 O......Page 463 P......Page 474 Q......Page 544 R......Page 554 S......Page 607 T......Page 640 U......Page 679 V......Page 682 W......Page 702 Y......Page 703 Z......Page 705 English-Louisiana French Index......Page 708 A......Page 710 B......Page 720 C......Page 735 D......Page 758 E......Page 772 F......Page 779 G......Page 790 H......Page 798 I......Page 808 J......Page 814 K......Page 815 L......Page 817 M......Page 825 N......Page 836 O......Page 840 P......Page 844 Q......Page 861 R......Page 862 S......Page 875 T......Page 902 U......Page 915 V......Page 920 W......Page 922 Y......Page 932 Z......Page 933