A Dictionary of the Cajun Language (Edwards Brothers Edition)

1984 Edwards Bros. Edition. (1984) VERY GOOD, No dust jacket as issued. No marks in text, Previous owners inscription on front end paper. Binding is tight and square. xxxv, 429, 165 pages ; 24 cm. . . . . . . . . . FROM THE INTRODUCTION: This dictionary was written for the purpose of preserving the Cajun language as it was spoken before it began to deteriorate after World War I. It is the Cajun that most of my contemporaries and I have spoken for the past 84 years. . . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) Spelling -- 2.) Table of Contents -- 3.) The Cajuns: who are they -- 4.) The Cajuns of today -- 5.) Cajuns superstitions -- 6.) Who are the Creoles of Louisiana -- 7.0) The so-called Cajun dialects: 7.1) Myth or misunderstanding -- 8.) Other myths about the Cajun language -- 9.) French in Louisiana -- 10.) Is Cajun bad French or just different French -- 11.0) Conversational mi xi ng of Cajun and English: 11.1) Weakness or historical imperative -- 12.0) Cajun grammar vs. foreign French grammar: 12.1) The conjugations -- 13.) Other grammatical differences -- 14.) Mutilated words -- 15.) How to read Cajun and French -- 16.) Abbreviations -- 17.) Acknowledgements -- 18.) Bibliography -- 19.0) Vocabulary -- 19.1) English to Cajun -- 19.2) Cajun to English.

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ISBN: 0961424532

ISBN-13: 9780961424534

Publisher: Edwards Brothers

Year: 1984

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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