The Dictionary of Louisiana French (DLF) provides the richest inventory of French vocabulary in Louisiana and reflects precisely the speech of the period from 1930 to the present. This dictionary describes the current usage of French-speaking peoples in the five broad regions of South Louisiana: the coastal marshes, the banks of the Mississippi River, the central area, the north, and the western prairie. Data were collected during interviews from at least five persons in each of t...

The Dictionary of Louisiana French (DLF) provides the richest inventory of French vocabulary in Louisiana and reflects precisely the speech of the period from 1930 to the present. This dictionary describes the current usage of French-speaking peoples in the five broad regions of South Louisiana: the coastal marshes, the banks of the Mississippi River, the central area, the north, and the western prairie. Data were collected during interviews from at least five persons in each of t...

Informative and entertaining essays on the accents, dialects, and speech patterns particular to AlabamaThomas E. Nunnally’s fascinating volume presents essays by linguists who examine with affection and curiosity the speech varieties occurring both past and present across Alabama. Taken together, the accounts in this volume offer an engaging view of the major features that characterize Alabama’s unique brand of southern English.Written in an accessible mann...

The companion to our Languages Fast and Easy ~ French ebook, this Phrasebook provides you with a collection of 500 of the most common phrases as well as specialist phrases for when you are at the hotel/ restaurant, travelling and out and about.This is a phrasebook which includes basic and essential phrases in daily life.

Your best first reference to the French languageAs you begin studying the French language, you must have a reliable bilingual dictionary with the basic words you need, not the advanced terms you don't. With McGraw-Hill's French Student Dictionary you'll find what you need quickly and easily--without being overwhelmed with text.This book features:3,500 essential words, each with grammatical information, easy-to-use pronunciation guide,...

The lively, chatty little plants think they know some stuff, but when it comes to animals, they know nothing. One wild assumption leads to another and gets them into big trouble.This illustrated book is for bilingual children and others wishing to read a simple dual language text in English and French. For ease of understanding, the languages are displayed together mostly one or two sentences at a time and use everyday language of native speakers. Reading this fun bilingual story wi...

Exam Board: IBLevel: MYPSubject: FrenchFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2017The only series for MYP 4 and 5 developed in cooperation with the International Baccalaureate (IB)Develop your skills to become an inquiring learner; ensure you navigate the MYP framework with confidence using a concept-driven and assessment-focused ...

Instead of memorizing vocabulary words, work your way through an actual well-written novel. Even novices can follow along as each individual English paragraph is paired with the corresponding French paragraph. It won't be an easy project, but you'll learn a lot.

This vocabulary builder is intended for intermediate French learners, who wish to rapidly raise their lexical knowledge to the advanced level.French is one of the languages in which the purity of expression is most highly praised (a nice way to describe snobbishness, one might say….), up to the point at which non-native speakers could become exasperated by the multitude of nuances, specific tropes, and particular syntax structures that seem to flow in at every corner in written and...

Solitudes assumées est un receuil de quelques textes , une tentative pour laisser s'exprimer l'artiste que je voudrais être. M'ancrant dans l'abscence et l'être seul, j'y decris certains aspects de mes états d'âmes.

"J'accuse" était une lettre ouverte publiée le 13 janvier 1898 dans le journal L'Aurore d'Émile Zola. Dans la lettre, Zola s'adressait au président de la France, Félix Faure, et accusait le gouvernement d'antisémitisme et d'emprisonnement illégal d'Alfred Dreyfus, officier d'état-major de l'armée française condamné à la servitude pénale à vie pour espionnage.Publication a déclenché une controverse ardente. Zola a signalé des erreurs judiciaires et l'absence de preuves série...