Standard French vs. Cajun French (1984)
En Français
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: French
Place Covered: Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 1984-04-22
Duration: 00:26:39
Subjects: French language | Cajun French dialect
Contributors:
- Fontenot, James Host
- Abshire, Shirley Guest
Description
This episode of the series “En Francais” from April 22, 1984, features James Fontenot’s conversation with Shirley Abshire, a French professor at the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette. Fontenot and Abshire discuss the differences between standard French and the Cajun French dialect. This episode was preserved through a 2018 CLIR Recordings at Risk Grant.