A Dictionary of the Cajun Language / by Rev. Msgr. Jules O. Daigle, M.A., S.T.L.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daigle, Jules O.

Contributor:

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Romance (Other)

Subjects (All):

Cajun French dialect--Dictionaries--English.

Cajun French dialect.

English language--Dictionaries--Cajun French.

English language.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Penn Provenance:

Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)

Physical Description:

xxxvii, 165, [8] pages : portrait ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Cajun language

Place of Publication:

Ville Platte, La. : Swallow Publications, Inc., 1993.

Contents:

Dedication

Introduction

Spelling

Contents

The Cajuns: who are they?

The Cajuns of today

Cajuns superstitions?

Who are the Creoles of Louisiana?

The so-called Cajun dialects: Myth or misunderstanding?

Other myths about the Cajun language

French in Louisiana

Is Cajun bad French or just different French?

Conversational mixing of Cajun and English: weakness or historical imperative?

Cajun grammar vs. foreign French grammar. The conjugations

Other grammatical differences

Mutilated words

How to read Cajun and French

Abbreviations

Vocabulary: English to Cajun; Cajun to English.

Notes:

"First Edition, Fifth Printing: 1993 ... Eighth Printing: 2002."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (page xxxvii).

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.

Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.

Kislak copy is "Eighth Printing: 2002".

Kislak copy imperfect: pages xxxvi-xxxvii follow page 165. Page 1 wanting.

OCLC:

53175037