ANTH 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Poutine, Defecation, Fax
28 Apr 2016
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This document will briefly introduce you to quebec french if you are unfamiliar with its history and the development of a distinct french dialect used here, including joual. This is to help you with background information you may need for assignment no. The french that is spoken in qu bec is very different from all the other dialects of the. A french speaker from outside of qu bec may have some difficulties with the accent or certain local expressions, but he or she should get accustomed to the language without great difficulty. The answer can be found in the past the language had diverged from that of france. Many texts confirm that towards the end of the seventeenth century, everyone in new. At that time in france, on the other hand, the patois (provincial languages) were still numerous and in general use, and two inhabitants in five were completely unable to understand french.
