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  • Author: Chenard, Robert

Date: 1993

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Find in a Library: 28773463

A list of marriages from 1836 to 1892, a list of priests, marriages, and marriage extracts from 1862 to 1960, a necrology from 1880-1946, a list of Anglicized French surnames in the Old Town area, and a list of the earliest French-Canadian families…

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  • Author: Hagel, Phyllis

Date: 1976

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Find in a Library: 6396225

Phyllis Hagel, author of books used in the classroom for language learning, has developed an index and bibliography for resources helpful to bilingual educators and those interested in Franco American studies.

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  • Author: BrieÌ€re, Eloise
  • Author: Benedict, Marjorie A.

Date: 1984

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Find in a Library: 12743446

Short bibliography of texts relevant to Franco American and Québec studies to be found at the library of SUNY Albany. Divided into the following categories: Reference Material, General Works, Literature and Criticism, Franco-American Authors and…

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  • Author: Woodbury, Kenneth B., Jr.

Date: 1967-06

Publication: The New England Quarterly

Volume: 40

Language: en

Find in a Library: 480490583

An essay on the reactions of Franco American journalists and national societies to the naming of an Irish successor to the Maine Roman Catholic diocese's bishopric in 1906. Lewiston, Maine's "Le Messager" extended its criticisms to the Holy See and…

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  • Author: Waldron, FlorenceMae

Date: 2005

Publication: Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies

Volume: 26

Language: en

Find in a Library: 480449413

Waldron explores the impacts of immigration on French Canadian norms of gender, labor, and social practice. She uses the examples of Lewiston, Maine, and Worcester, Massachusetts, and the different economies therein to ultimately observe the impact…

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  • Author: Veltman, Calvin J.

Date: 1976 Autumn

Publication: American Review of Canadian Studies

Volume: 6

Language:

Find in a Library: 60621291

Analysis of the population, migration, and marriage patterns of Rawdon, Québec, as they relate to a growing percentage of predominantly French speakers in that region. From the author: "This paper is an empirical examination of the processes by…

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  • Author: Szelezak, Edith

Date: 2007-01

Publication: Glottopol: Revue de sociolinguistique en ligne

Volume: 9

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 163640790

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Essay on linguistic phenomena -- "code-switching," "tag-switching," or other culturally indicative lingual breaks -- in Franco-American bilingual speech patterns found in Massachusetts. Includes a discussion of some common speech characteristics of…

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  • Author: Sheldon, Edward S.

Date: 1888

Publication: Transactions and Proceedings of the Modern Language Association of America

Volume: 3

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 1247683

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A short explanation of notes taken on the linguistic properties of one Waterville and another Cornville, Maine, Franco-American’s French language tendencies in the late nineteenth century. Historical measure of the MLA’s concern with…

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  • Author: Sarkonak, Ralph

Date: 1983

Publication: Yale French Studies

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Find in a Library: 1770272

A preface to this issue of Yale French Studies that focuses upon the idea of "writing in Québec(ois)." Sarkonak traces the North American transition from français, to Canayen, to French Canadian, to québécois, and asks how language and…

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  • Author: Ryback-Soucy, Wendy
  • Author: Nagy, Naomi

Date: 2000-09-01

Publication: Journal of English Linguistics

Volume: 28

Language: en

Find in a Library: 41551927

From the authors: "This research focuses on... the French language's influence on Franco-American English in Manchester, a city in southern New Hampshire....The questions we explore include the following: Does the Franco-American community of…

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  • Author: Russo, Marijke
  • Author: Roberts, Julie

Date: 1999-03

Publication: Language Variation and Change

Volume: 11

Language: en

Find in a Library: 425182718

Linguistic study from the University of Vermont. From Cambridge University Press: "The present study examines the pattern of the variation of the auxiliary avoir and être in the passé composé tense in Vermont French in 22 adult speakers who…

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  • Author: Rosello, Mireille

Date: 2003

Publication: Yale French Studies

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Find in a Library: 1770272

Professor Rosello writes on Francophone Studies "as a discipline...that can be imagined as a type of unhomeliness," characterized by a variety of conversant cultural or political forms. She argues what Francophone studies is, fluidly - cultural…

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  • Author: Robbins, Rhea CoÌ‚té

Date: 2002-spr/sum

Publication: Québec Studies

Volume: 33

Language: en

Find in a Library: 60628349

Some selections from Waterville, Maine, native Rhea Côté Robbins's memoir, "Wednesday's Child."

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  • Author: Richard, Mark Paul

Date: 1998

Publication: Histoire sociale/Social History

Volume: 61

Language: en

Find in a Library: 207204381

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From the author: "While many studies have focused on the migration, settlement, and community formation of French-Canadian immigrants in the United States, we know little about the history of their Franco-American descendants in the twentieth…

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  • Author: Pinette, Susan

Date: 2004

Publication: Francophonies d'Amérique

Volume: 17

Language:

Find in a Library: 365528519

Sur la relation entre l'écriture et l'ethnie franco-americaine de Jack Kerouac dans sa texte 'Satori in Paris.' De l'auteur: "L'Å“uvre de Kerouac crée un lien étroit entre l'ethnie et l'écriture. Ce lien ne se présente pas comme une…

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  • Author: Pinette, Susan

Date: 2002 Spring/Summer

Publication: Québec Studies

Volume: 33

Language:

Find in a Library: 60628349

Article praising the work of scholar Robert LeBlanc. Cites not only the importance of the focus on geography and the treatment of history in his research, but his precision and innovation in Franco-American Studies - his efforts to see ethnic culture…

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  • Author: Pacini, Peggy

Date: 2007 janvier

Publication: Glottopol: Revue de sociolinguistique en ligne

Volume: 9

Language:

Find in a Library: 643755913

Pris de Glottopol, la revue de sociolinguistique en ligne: "Présence invisible dans le champ des littératures francophone et ethnique américaines, la littérature franco-américaine de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, qu'elle s'exprime en…

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  • Author: Pacini, Peggy

Date: 2006 September

Publication: Comparative American Studies

Volume: 4

Language:

Find in a Library: 441582875

From the author: "An issue lying at the core of analyses of ethnic writing is the way that the question of identity often generates a dialogue between writing and being. American literature in languages other than English engages with this dialogue,…

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  • Author: Nicholls, Brendon

Date: 2003

Publication: Modern Fiction Studies

Volume: 49

Language: en

Find in a Library: 364620388

From the author: "The racechanges in Jack Kerouac's fiction originate in racial fetishism. Kerouac's arrested Oedipal narratives and his related myth of Native Canadian ancestry lead to ambivalent identifications with black subjects, who exhibit…

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  • Author: MacKinnon, Mary
  • Author: Parent, Daniel

Date: 2005-06

Language: en

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From MacKinnon and Parent - Department of Economics, McGill University: "In this paper, we look at the emigration of approximately 1 million French-Canadians who moved to the United States, with the bulk of the migration occurring between the end of…

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  • Author: Monnier, Alain

Date: 1987 mai/juin

Publication: Population

Language:

Find in a Library: 478606131

De l'auteur: "13 millions d'Américains se sont déclarés 'd'origine française' lors du recensement de 1980, et un million et demi parlent français chez eux. La notion d'origine française est relativement floue, mais la répartition…

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  • Author: Locke, William N.

Date: 1946-05

Publication: The French Review

Volume: 19

Language: en

Find in a Library: 481108175

An exploration of French language spoken by the descendents of French-Canadian immigrants in Brunswick, Maine. Includes pronunciations and a litany of terms that differ from "standard French."

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  • Author: Louder, Dean

Date: 1996

Publication: Géographie et cultures

Volume: 17

Language: en

Find in a Library: 27125228

De l'auteur: "Une mission salvatrice à l'âge de dix-neuf a amené l'A. à connaître l'Archipel. Cet essai trace son périple personnel, professionnel et intellectuel depuis la région culturelle mormone jusqu'à l'île principale…

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  • Author: Lees, Cynthia C.

Date: 2007

Publication: The French Review

Volume: 80

Language:

Find in a Library: 137573882

From refdoc.fr: "This article examines three Francophone texts written by Franco-American authors of New England, texts that have received scant critical attention. Writing in a language other than English in the United States foregrounds issues of…

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  • Author: LeBlanc, Robert G.

Date: 1988

Publication: Journal of Cultural Geography

Volume: 8

Language: en

Find in a Library: 43321549

From the author: "The migration of one million French Canadians from Québec to the United States between 1840 and 1940 was different from the migrations of other ethnic groups. The proximity of Québec made possible the maintenance of intimate…

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  • Author: Larkosh, Christopher

Date: 2006 Fall

Publication: TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies

Language: Français and English

Find in a Library: 243540416

From the author: "This bilingual article explores the possibilities of post-bilingual 'Canadian' memory and identity through the literary and cultural history of Canada’s largest extraterritorial diasporic community: the French-Canadians of…

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  • Author: Laroussi, Farid
  • Author: Miller, Christopher L.

Date: 2003

Publication: Yale French Studies

Language: en

Find in a Library: 1770272

The preface to an issue of Yale French Studies. Part of the text reads: "This volume of Yale French Studies is concerned with the emergence of new relations between 'French' and 'Francophone' in institutions, in pedagogy, and in interpretations of…

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  • Author: LeMay, Joseph A.

Date: 1980 Spring

Publication: American Review of Canadian Studies

Volume: 10

Language: en

Find in a Library: 60621291

Essay on hydroelectricity as an international commerce platform, with a specific focus on the relationship between Québec and New York state - the former selling hydroelectric power to the latter. The author considers the environmental and…

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  • Author: Lamy, Paul

Date: 1976 Autumn

Publication: American Review of Canadian Studies

Volume: 6

Language: en

Find in a Library: 60621291

Discussion on Canadian government service "language planning" in light of its official bilingual status. Particular attention is paid to the percentage of federal employee positions that, before unilingual, are now slated and anticipated to be held…

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  • Author: Lambert, Wallace E.
  • Author: Giles, Howard
  • Author: Picard, Omer

Date: 1975

Publication: Linguistics

Volume: 13

Language: en

Find in a Library: 471883210

From ERIC: "[The text] examines these questions: how do America's ethno-linguistic groups adjust to the bicultural demands made on them? How are speakers of local varieties of French as opposed to other forms viewed by French-Americans? Does…

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