Dictionary of Louisiana Creole

Dictionary of Louisiana Creole
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 668
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ISBN-10 : 0253334519
ISBN-13 : 9780253334510
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Book Synopsis Dictionary of Louisiana Creole by : Albert Valdman

Download or read book Dictionary of Louisiana Creole written by Albert Valdman and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important reference work has been compiled from existing written sources dating back to 1850 and from material collected in Bayou Teche, the German Coast, Pointe Coupee, and St. Tammany Parish. The Dictionary Features: an informative User's Guide, including details on orthography and the design of the dictionary articles; a grammatical sketch of the language; a guide to variant pronunciations; English and French meaning equivalents; creole contextual examples; identification of where examples were collected, with special notation for historical items (i.e., pre-1960); two indexes: a French-Creole index and an English-Creole index; and rich cultural information, with many examples of folklore, traditional medicine, religious beliefs, and agricultural practices.


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