Cajun Dictionary

Author : Albert Valdman,Kevin J. Rottet,Barry Jean Ancelet,Richard Guidry,Thomas A. Klingler,Amanda LaFleur,Tamara Lindner,Michael D. Picone,Dominique Ryon
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 2218 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781628468335

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Dictionary of Louisiana French by Albert Valdman,Kevin J. Rottet,Barry Jean Ancelet,Richard Guidry,Thomas A. Klingler,Amanda LaFleur,Tamara Lindner,Michael D. Picone,Dominique Ryon Pdf

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.

Author : Clint Bruce,Jennifer Gipson
Publisher : Hippocrene Books
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0781809150

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Cajun French-English, English-Cajun French Dictionary & Phrasebook by Clint Bruce,Jennifer Gipson Pdf

Presents 3,800 terms in English and Cajun French and includes a historical overview of Cajun French, frequently asked questions about the language, a pronunciation guide, basic grammar, and essential phrases.

Author : Robert Hendrickson
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2000-10-30
Category : Americanisms
ISBN : 9781438129921

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The Facts on File Dictionary of American Regionalisms by Robert Hendrickson Pdf

Provides definitions and examples of words and phrases used in different geographical regions of the United States.

Author : John C Rigdon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798710271858

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A Cajun Dictionary by John C Rigdon Pdf

We've all been introduced to Cajun speech and strain to understand it, catching just a word here and there. Louisiana French or Creole is spoken by several hundred thousand people in southern Louisiana, but until recently the language has not gotten its due as a serious language, distinct from both French and English. Over the centuries, the language has incorporated some words of African, Spanish, Native American, Haitian and English origin, sometimes giving it linguistic features found only in Louisiana. Louisiana French is spoken across ethnic and racial lines by people who identify as Cajun or Louisiana Creole as well as Chitimacha, Houma, Biloxi, Tunica, Choctaw, Acadian, and French among others. For these reasons, as well as the relatively small influence Acadian French has had on the region, the label Louisiana French or Louisiana Regional French (French: français régional louisianais) is generally regarded as more accurate and inclusive than "Cajun French" and is preferred term by linguists and anthropologists. However, "Cajun French" is commonly used by speakers of the language and other inhabitants of Louisiana. Louisiana French should further not be confused with Louisiana Creole, a distinct French-based creole language indigenous to Louisiana and spoken across racial lines. In Louisiana, language labels are often conflated with ethnic labels. For example, a speaker who identifies as Cajun may call their language "Cajun French", though linguists would identify it as Louisiana Creole. Likewise, many Louisiana Creole people of all ethnicities (including Cajuns, who are themselves technically Creoles of Acadian descent, although most do not identify as such) do not speak Louisiana Creole, instead speaking Louisiana French. As in many other languages and people groups, we see this as a distinction without a difference. People who speak Louisiana French and those who speak Louisiana Creole have worked side-by-side, lived among one another, and have enjoyed local festivities together throughout the history of the state. As a result, in regions where both Louisiana French and Louisiana Creole are or used to be spoken, the inhabitants of the region often code-switch, beginning the sentence in one language and completing it in another. This dictionary primarily focuses on terms identified as Louisiana French. It contains over 7,000 terms with their English translation. We also publish a version paired with French. See our website for availability. This dictionary is extracted from our Words R Us system, a derivative of WordNet. English Wordnet, originally created by Princeton University is a lexical database for the English language. It groups words in English into sets of synonyms called synsets, provides brief definitions and usage examples, and records a series of relationships between these sets of synonyms. WordNet can be viewed as both a combination of dictionary and thesaurus.

Author : James M. Sothern
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : American wit and humor, Pictorial
ISBN : UOM:39015007070330

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Cajun Dictionary by James M. Sothern Pdf

A short compilation of Cajun pronunciations of English words. Each entry includes an example of word usage. Intended to be humorous.

Author : Jules O. Daigle
Publisher : Swallow Publications, Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Cajun French dialect
ISBN : 0961424532

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A Dictionary of the Cajun Language by Jules O. Daigle Pdf

Author : Jules O. Daigle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Cajun French dialect
ISBN : UOM:39015010921354

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A Dictionary of the Cajun Language by Jules O. Daigle Pdf

A self-instructional companion to A Dictionary of the Cajun Language is CAJUN SELF-TAUGHT, a guide to help one read and speak the Cajun French language correctly. Also available, audio learning companions of Cajun Self-Taught on audio cassettes and audio compact discs, provide the listener with Rev. Daigle's actual pronunciations of the words and phrases. By Rev. Msgr. Jules O. Daigle, M.A., S.T.L.

Author : Gordon J. Voisin
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-20
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781462001965

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Cajun Vocabulation by Gordon J. Voisin Pdf

With each generation and with each passing day, we grow closer to losing a key part of our nations unique heritagethe Cajun French language. Unless a concerted effort is made to preserve the language, this rich and vibrant culture will soon be relegated to the back pages of history. Cajun Vocabulation is one such labor of loveone mans attempt to preserve the unique heritage of his South Louisiana home. Cajun Vocabulation is a dictionary and pronunciation guide for one of the major dialects of Cajun French. Author Gordon J. Voisin interviewed more than one hundred native speakers in order to create this unique cultural artifact. He not only presents the basics of the language; he does so without sacrificing any of the zest and humor for which Cajuns are famous. The words are written phonetically, so even those with little knowledge of Cajun French will quickly learn to approximate its unique sound. Engage with a vital and colorful part of American heritage with Cajun Vocabulation.

Author : Larry Boudreaux
Publisher : Boudreaux Cajun General Store
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2002-10
Category : Cajuns
ISBN : 0967600227

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Boudreaux's Cajun Party Guide by Larry Boudreaux Pdf

A fun book designed to give host all information to give a Cajun Theme Party.

Author : Mathilde Köstler
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110772715

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Cajun Literature and Cajun Collective Memory by Mathilde Köstler Pdf

How does Cajun literature, emerging in the 1980s, represent the dynamic processes of remembering in Cajun culture? Known for its hybrid constitution and deeply ingrained oral traditions, Cajun culture provides an ideal testing ground for investigating the collective memory of a group. In particular, francophone and anglophone Cajun texts by such writers as Jean Arceneaux, Tim Gautreaux, Jeanne Castille, Zachary Richard, Ron Thibodeaux, Darrell Bourque, and Kirby Jambon reveal not only a shift from an oral to a written tradition. They also show hybrid perspectives on the Cajun collective memory. Based on recurring references to place, the texts also reflect on the (Acadian) past and reveal the innate ability of the Cajuns to adapt through repeated intertextual references. The Cajun collective memory is thus defined by a transnational outlook, a transversality cutting across various ethnic heritages to establish and legitimize a collective identity both amid the linguistic and cultural diversity in Louisiana, and in the face of American mainstream culture. Cajun Literature and Cajun Collective Memory represents the first analysis of the mnemonic strategies Cajun writers use to explore and sustain the Cajun identity and collective memory.

Author : Mark F. DeWitt
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781628467758

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Cajun and Zydeco Dance Music in Northern California by Mark F. DeWitt Pdf

Queen Ida, Danny Poullard, documentary filmmaker Les Blank, Chris Strachwitz, and Arhoolie Records. These are names that are familiar to many fans of Cajun music and zydeco, and they have one other thing in common—-longtime residence in the San Francisco Bay Area. They are all part of a vibrant scene of dancing and live Louisiana-French music that has evolved over several decades. Cajun and Zydeco Dance Music in Northern California traces how this region of California has been able to develop and sustain dances several times a week with more than a dozen bands. Description of this active regional scene opens into a discussion of several historical trends that have affected life and music in Louisiana and the nation. The book portrays the diversity of people who have come together to adopt Cajun and Creole dance music as a way to cope with a globalized, media-saturated world. Ethnomusicologist Mark F. DeWitt innovatively weaves together interviews with musicians and dancers (some from Louisiana, some not), analysis of popular media, participant observation as a musician and dancer, and historical perspectives from wartime black migration patterns, the civil rights movement, American folk and blues revivals, California counterculture, and the rise of cultural tourism in “Cajun Country.” In so doing, he reveals the multifaceted appeal of celebrating life on the dance floor, Louisiana-French style.

Author : James M. Sothern
Publisher : Marine Education Textbooks, Incorporated
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1986-06-01
Category : Cajun French dialect
ISBN : 093411479X

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Cajun Dictionary by James M. Sothern Pdf

A short compilation of Cajun pronunciations of English words. Each entry includes an example of word usage. Intended to be humorous.

Author : Stephen J. Nagle,Sara L. Sanders
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139436786

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English in the Southern United States by Stephen J. Nagle,Sara L. Sanders Pdf

The English of the southern United States is possibly the most studied of any regional variety of any language because of its rich internal diversity, its distinctiveness among regional varieties in the United States, its significance as a marker of regional identity, and the general folkloric appeal of southern culture. However, most, if not all, books about Southern American English have been directed almost exclusively toward scholars already working in the field. This 2003 volume, written by a team of experts, many of them internationally known, provides a broad overview of the foundations of and research on language variation in the southern United States designed to invite inquiry and inquirers. It explores historical and cultural elements, iconic contemporary features, and changes in progress. Central themes, issues and topics of scholarly investigation and debate figure prominently throughout the volume. The extensive bibliography will facilitate continued research.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Cajun music
ISBN : 1455601764

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Cajun Dancing by Anonim Pdf

Author : Barry Jean Ancelet,Jay Edwards,Glen Pitre
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781604736175

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Cajun Country by Barry Jean Ancelet,Jay Edwards,Glen Pitre Pdf

This insightful book is by far the broadest examination of traditional Cajun culture ever assembled. It goes beyond the stereotypes and surface treatment given to Cajuns by the popular media and examines the great variety of cultural elements alive in Cajun culture today--cooking, music, storytelling, architecture, arts and crafts, and festivals, as well as traditional occupations such as fishing, hunting, and trapping. It not only gives fascinating descriptions of elements in Cajun life that have been woven into the fabric of American history and folklore; it also explains how they came to be. Cajun Country reveals the historical background of the Cajun people, who migrated to Louisiana as exiles from their Canadian homeland, and it shows their folklife as a living and ongoing legacy that enriches America.