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ERIC Number: EJ546052
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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Cajun Is Dead--Long Live Cajun: Shifting from a Linguistic to a Cultural Community.
Dubois, Sylvie; Melancon, Megan
Journal of Sociolinguistics, v1 n1 p63-93 Feb 1997
Surveys the linguistic attitudes and cultural identity of Cajun speakers stratified by age and sex from four communities in Louisiana. Findings reveal that Cajun identity rests fundamentally in the linguistic ability of the speakers and that the criteria established has created considerable tension within the cultural Cajun community. (32 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cultural Context, Cultural Isolation, Cultural Maintenance, Diachronic Linguistics, Interviews, Language Attitudes, Self Concept, Sociocultural Patterns, Sociolinguistics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Louisiana
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