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Canale, Michael; And Others – 1977
This study examines the use of the auxiliaries "avoir" and "etre" and of the prefix "re-" in the speech of Franco-Ontarian students. It is found that the tendency to use non-standard constructions such as "j'ai arrive en retard" and "je vais remettre la roue 'back'" has its origins in historical…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Dialect Studies, French, Language Research