Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities »

Albert Valdman is Rudy Professor of French, Italian, and Linguistics (emeritus) and the director of the Creole Institute at Indiana University. He is also the editor of the Haitian Creole-English Bilingual Dictionary.

Kevin J. Rottet is associate professor of French Linguistics and adjunct professor of Linguistics at Indiana University. He is the author of Language Shift in the Coastal Marshes of Louisiana and a co-author of the Dictionary of Louisiana Creole.

The definitive reference tool for understanding francophone Louisiana and its rich, French variety

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This thoroughly researched lexicon draws its rich content from extensive field interviews, archived recordings, and texts published after 1930. Incorporating all French-derived vernacular from Louisiana's five major regions, Valdman (Chez Nous) and Rottet's (Society and Variation) concise entries include spelling variations, phonetic pronunciation, part-of-speech designation, English meaning, contextual examples, and parish usage. An illuminating preface relates Louisiana's 1682 discovery and the transformation of regional languages by various immigration waves, including the influx of folk, Acadian, and plantation society French. A more comprehensive counterpart to Valdman's Dictionary of Louisiana Creole, it will prove an invaluable resource for regional culture scholars and linguists.