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

by Kevin Rottet and Albert Valdman

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604734035
• ISBN13: 9781604734034
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 900 Pages
• Weight: 5.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 8.9" x 11.3"