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Franco American language and culture resource guide for healthcare personnel. Glossary of French language terms and phrases, lessons, and an example story of French-English bilingual interaction. Published for a 1979 telecture (long-distance…

Dictionary of French terms and their English translations, compiled from the "patois, metaphors, and dictions" of the towns of the St. John River Valley in northern Maine. Contains common French words and phrases that persist locally in both French…

Some of the author's reflections on his narrative choices - his characters' accents, dialects, and dictions - in his first French language novel, "Le Petit Mangeur de Fleurs." Some thoughts on the relationships and distinctions between continental…

Dictionary of American vernacular English as pronounced and heard in various segments of the United States. Now in 4 volumes. From Belknap Press: "'The Dictionary of Regional English (DARE)" is a multi-volume reference work that documents words,…

Dictionnaire, organisé par sujet, des termes du dialecte canadienne-française, «joual». Compare les désignations en joual aux termes anglais et des synonymes français.

Sous-titre, "'C'est d'meÌ‚me qu'on parle par icitte' : dictons, patois, expressions de la Valleé Saint-Jean, Maine." Un dictionnaire d'expressions familières et de phrases locales de la Vallée St. Jean au nord du Maine. Contient beaucoup…

A dictionary of Berlin, New Hampshire, colloquial terms. Equal parts Franco American euphemism, persistent French vernacular in the English language, and words for things and places particular to the community of Berlin. The author writes: "'The…