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  • Author: Dexter, Robert Cloutman

Date: 1923

Thesis Type: Ph. D., Sociology

Institution: Clark University

Language: en

Find in a Library: 6634661

Early 20th-century doctoral dissertation on some scientific observations of French-Canadian immigrants to New England. Reflects certain attitudes toward stereotyped ethnic immigrants to the United States between 1830 and 1920.

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  • Author: Madore, Nelson (editor)
  • Author: Rodrigue, Barry H. (editor)
  • Author: Miller, Corinna (editor)
  • Author: Hébert, Chase (editor)
  • Author: Beaupré, Normand (French language editor)

Date: 2007

Language: en

Find in a Library: 131062883

Celebrated collection of essays, stories, poems, songs, art, and other works on the history of Franco American people and their communities in Maine. Features the following writings by their respective authors, in order of appearance: Foreword by…

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  • Author: Joy, Richard J.

Date: 1976 Autumn

Publication: American Review of Canadian Studies

Volume: 6

Language:

Find in a Library: 60621291

An explanation of 1970s Canadian census figures specifically regarding language, birth rates, and geography. From the author: "Canada is an ideal country in which to study the progress of language transfer and other factors affecting minority…

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  • Author: Jennings, Nancy E.

Date: 2000 Winter

Publication: Journal of Research in Rural Education

Volume: 16

Language:

Find in a Library: 425331644

Function and impact of Maine Learning Results educational plan in elementary schools of rural Maine. Includes a segment on Walters School in the St. John Valley, and discusses its elementary French language program as it becomes incorporated in MLR…

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  • Author: Jacobson, Phyllis L.

Date: 1984 April

Publication: The French Review

Volume: 57

Language:

Find in a Library: 481493127

Article aimed at informing teachers about students of Franco-American heritage, and recounting the particular past experiences of ethnic Francos in New England schools. Recent public efforts at bilingual and bicultural education in New England.…

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  • Author: Hull, Alexander

Date: 1966

Publication: La Linguistique

Volume: 2

Language: en

Find in a Library: 608944874

Discussion of consonantal traits characteristic of Canadian French, excluding the dialectical traits of the Acadians typically heard in Northern Maine and the Maritime Provinces in Canada. Brief references to French Creole and New England…

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  • Author: Heylen, Romy

Date: 1994 February

Publication: The French Review

Volume: 67

Language:

Find in a Library: 1238339

Article exploring the development of Cajun ethnic identity through its iterations in modern theatrical performance in Louisiana, in a period of apparent ethnic revival. How Cajun theatre and its use of the French language function in terms of shaping…

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  • Author: Ham, Edward B.

Date: 1938 March

Publication: The New England Quarterly

Volume: 11

Language: en

Find in a Library: 480371160

Essay on the plight of Franco cultural survivance and the efforts of Franco journalists to survive the French language in New England in the early twentieth century. Written by a Franco and bicultural sympathizer in the late 1930s. Includes brief…

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  • Author: Hagel, Phyllis L.

Date: 1978 April

Publication: The Modern Language Journal

Volume: 62

Language:

Find in a Library: 479328343

Essay encouraging the French language teachers in the US - primarily in the Northeast and Lousiana - to "raise their 'cultural consciousness'" of the Franco cultural heritage populations in which they potentially teach. A brief layout of accessible…

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  • Author: Gauvin, Lise
  • Author: Henderson, Emma (translator)

Date: 1983

Publication: Yale French Studies

Language:

Find in a Library: 482387950

An exploration of the debates within the Québec literary community regarding the function of literature as a language tool. A discussion about joual and the French language in Québec from the 1960s onward.

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  • Author: Gauthier, Francois

Date: 2010-07-00

Publication: Revue des deux mondes

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 8797804

De l'auteur: "La communauté franco-américaine de Nouvelle-Angleterre, ou «communauté franco», est relativement méconnue en France. L’action qu’elle conduit pour faire reconnaître son identité au sein de la…

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  • Author: Fox, Cynthia A.
  • Author: Fortin, Geneviève
  • Author: Martin, Véronique
  • Author: Stelling, Louis

Date: 2007-01

Publication: Canadian Review of American Studies

Volume: 37

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 365012401

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De Fox, Fortin, Martin, et Stelling: "Le terme «franco-américain » s’emploie pour désigner les immigrants canadiens arrivés au nord-est des États-Unis pendant une période s’étalant de 1840 à 1930.…

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  • Author: Fox, Cynthia A.
  • Author: Smith, Jane S.

Date: 2007-01

Publication: Glottopol: Revue de sociolinguistique en ligne

Volume: 9

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 643755913

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De Glottopol, la revue de sociolinguistique en ligne: "Jane Smith et Cynthia Fox font le point sur les analyses qu'elles ont déjà produites jusqu'ici, notamment la situation du franco-américain à l'heure actuelle, l'implantation des…

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  • Author: Fox, Cynthia A.

Date: 2007-05-00

Publication: The French Review

Volume: 80

Language: en

Find in a Library: 137573877

From the author: "This paper describes the current situation of Franco-American French. The discussion is based on interviews with 275 speakers from eight communities: Van Buren, Waterville, and Biddeford, Maine, Berlin, New Hampshire, Southbridge…

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  • Author: Fox, Cynthia A.

Date: 2006

Publication: Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics

Volume: 9

Language: en

Find in a Library: 233598733

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Du l'auteur: "Cet article présente les résultats d’une étude des formes verbales à la troisième personne du pluriel dans le français parlé à Gardner, Massachusetts. Nous commençons par un survol historique de cette…

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  • Author: Fox, Cynthia A.

Date: 1995-12

Publication: The French Review

Volume: 69

Language: en

Find in a Library: 481676277

From the author: "One third of the population of Cohoes, New York, is descended from French-Canadians who immigrated to the northeastern United States between 1840 and 1930. Since the end of immigration, the close-knit community centered on the…

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  • Author: Fox, Cynthia A.

Date: 1993

Publication: Francophonies d'Amérique

Volume: 3

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 232493413

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Un bref essai sur la persistance au vingtième siècle de la langue et la culture francophone à Cohoes, New York.

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  • Author: Dupuis, Jacinthe

Date: 1997

Publication: Revue québécoise de linguistique

Volume: 25

Language:

Find in a Library: 14190595

De l'auteur: "On entend souvent dire que le français parlé par les Franco-Américains comporte un grand nombre d’anglicismes. L’étude d’un corpus recueilli auprès de 25 locuteurs franco-américains du…

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  • Author: Dupont, Louis

Date: 1988

Publication: Journal of Cultural Geography

Volume: 8

Language: en

Find in a Library: 43321549

From the author: "For the last 25 years, Franco-Americans and Québécois, two branches of the French-Canadian family, have experienced important social and cultural transformations. Although the modernization of Québec society and the…

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  • Author: Doty, C. Stewart

Date: 1997 October

Publication: Journal of Contemporary History

Volume: 32

Language: en

Find in a Library: 477889483

Essay on the Franco American elite's adopted regard for French fascist politics and sentiment in New England. How WWII heightened political divisions in the United States, and the Franco elite failed to appeal politically to working-class Franco…

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  • Author: Doty, C. Stewart

Date: 1993 March 25

Publication: Les éditions FAROG

Language:

A brief discussion of the concept of cultural stereotype, and an historical observation of stereotypes of the Franco American as they have been used historically in different contexts. Extends a discussion of stereotype into the broader domain of…

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  • Author: Crane, Martha
  • Author: Schulhof, Tom

Date: 1970-02

Publication: The French Review

Volume: 43

Language: en

Find in a Library: 481287592

Brief history of French-Canadian immigration to Waterville, Maine, followed by an exploration of the reasons behind a strong pattern of surname-translation and -changing in the same town. Includes a short list of original surnames and their…

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  • Author: Choquette, Leslie

Date: 2002 Spring/Summer

Publication: Québec Studies

Volume: 33

Language:

Find in a Library: 60628349

Director of Assumption College's French Institute (Worcester, MA), Leslie Choquette, interviews Franco-American writer and Waterville, Maine, native, Grégoire Chabot. The interview touches upon Chabot's youth, his decision to write in French, and…

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  • Author: Castonguay, Charles

Date: 1976 Autumn

Publication: American Review of Canadian Studies

Volume: 6

Language: en

Find in a Library: 60621291

A paper looking into the location and development of Bilingual Districts in Canada - meaning, the establishment of outposts of Canadian federal services that can take place in both English and French to serve a population that has significant…

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  • Author: Carroll, Robert C.

Date: 1980-05

Publication: Association of Departments of Foreign Languages Bulletin

Volume: 11

Language: en

Find in a Library: 3366503

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Rise and decline of French language media and academic programs in the US Northeast, as well as the persistence of discrimination against the North American French, with Maine as the primary context for observation. Includes tables of Maine county…

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  • Author: Caldwell, Gary

Date: 1976 Autumn

Publication: American Review of Canadian Studies

Volume: 6

Language: en

Find in a Library: 60621291

An evaluation of reactions to, condemnations of, and opinions relative to Québec's 1974 passage of Bill 22 - making law the preference and predominance of the French language in that province. Much of the hubbub surrounding this bill was created…

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  • Author: Brault, Gerard J.

Date: 1972 March

Publication: The French Review

Volume: 45

Language:

Find in a Library: 481326764

Arguments for the historical roots of the traits that customarily charge New England French culture, and the common struggles of ethnic immigrant groups in the United States.

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  • Author: Brault, Gerard J.

Date: 1964-02

Publication: The Modern Language Journal

Volume: 48

Language: en

Find in a Library: 479190371

Essay on language instruction, problems with favoring rote over mother tongue, and some arguments for maintaining linguistic heritages in language education.

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  • Author: Brault, Gerard J.

Date: 1962 September

Publication: Publications of the Modern Language Association of America

Volume: 77

Language:

Find in a Library: 483007386

Essay on the 1961 French Institute (Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine) held under the terms of the National Defense Education Act that was intended, by the federal government, to tap into and develop the linguistic resource of native Franco-American…

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  • Author: Brault, Gerard J.

Date: 1961-12

Publication: The French Review

Volume: 35

Language: en

Find in a Library: 481209222

Brault's essay is an explanation of the results of language tests taken by nine Franco-American French speakers, his evaluation of their levels of vocabulary, and his observations of their speech habits. The overall conclusion of his study partially…

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