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Baie Sainte-Marie Acadian French: An “older French”?
Thursday, March 12 | 5:30-6:30 pm | Loyola 174

Dr. Philip Comeau of Université Sainte-Anne will deliver this public lecture, using findings from data spanning 400 years. All are welcome! Learn more: loom.ly/_AhKHfM #SMULinguistics #ArtsWithImpact
An event poster with a photo of Dr. Comeau. Lecture description: Baie Sainte-Marie Acadian French: An “older French”? Thursday, March 12 | 5:30-6:30 pm Loyola 174, Saint Mary's University All are welcome to attend this Arts With Impact public lecture, presented by the Linguistics program. Guest speaker Dr. Philip Comeau is Full Professor and Vice-doyen des études universitaires, Université Sainte-Anne in Pointe-de-l’Église, Nova Scotia. A common perception of Acadian French is that it is an “older dialect of French” or “French as it was spoken in the 17th century.” In his talk, Dr. Comeau questions this general perception, focusing on French varieties spoken in southwest Nova Scotia, particularly in the regions of Baie Sainte-Marie and Par-en-Bas. He will present findings from a project using data spanning four centuries. Even though many of the conservative or older features of French have persisted, one of the conclusions is that Baie Sainte-Marie Acadian French is clearly no exception to the rule that living languages are constantly changing. https://loom.ly/_AhKHfM
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Join the SMU Linguistics program for a guest talk by sociolinguist @nikkivi.bsky.social of @umanitoba.bsky.social, on the use of accent to signal social values such as hardiness and self-reliance on the Canadian prairies. All are welcome to attend, Nov. 6, 5:30-6:30 pm in Loyola 179. #SMULinguistics
An event poster with a headshot of Dr. Nicole Rosen on the left. Dr. Rosen is wearing a black shirt, glasses and a colourful scarf. On the right is white text on a maroon background: Linguistics guest talk Nicole Rosen University of Manitoba November 6 | 5:30-6:30 pm | LA 179 "Expressing hardiness, self-reliance and survival through sociophonetic variation on the Prairies"
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