Dictionary of Louisiana Creole
ISBN
0253334519
Dictionary of Louisiana Creole is a french creole dialects, dictionaries book by Albert Valdman.
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"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."--BOOK JACKET.
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"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 des...
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Dictionary of Louisiana Creole was written by Albert Valdman.