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Back to the Future in Acadian French

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2004

RUTH KING
Affiliation:
York University
TERRY NADASDI
Affiliation:
University of Alberta
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Abstract

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Our article presents a variationist analysis of future verb forms in Acadian French. The main variants considered are the inflected future (e.g. je partirai) and the periphrastic future (e.g. je vais partir). The purpose of this study is two-fold: a) it will determine the distribution of these variants and their linguistic correlates; b) it will compare the use of future verb forms with other varieties of French. Our results reveal that the inflected future is used with greater frequency in Acadian French than in other Canadian varieties and that the factors that condition the variable in Acadian are not the same as in other varieties.

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Research Article
Copyright
2003 Cambridge University Press