Book
Speech in a Louisiana Cajun community
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1977 • Pages:
By: Tentchoff, Dorice.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This dissertation '…is intended as a base-line effort to provide an ethnography of speaking for an ethnically diverse community in southern Louisiana' (p.1), comprised of the three adjacent villages of 'Bienvenue,' 'Patinville,' and 'Huval.' Tentchoff suggests that the non-English speech of the area, though widely variable, consists of two related languages, Cajun French and French Creole, each of which has taken on meanings associated with and expressive of the two opposed value systems posited for its population (p.ii). These value systems are organized arouond sex and age roles in the society, with Cajun French being associated with one and Creole with the other. Through this association the use of Cajun French, on one hand, infers a certain social superiority and values linked to females and older people in the community, while on the other hand, the use of Creole implies social equality and values generally linked to males. Tentchoff's exposition of this hypothesis occupies the major portion of this work.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- Total culture
- Language
- Social stratification
- External relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Cajuns
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle, 1993
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date ['…many months…' p. iii]
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- variable
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- 'Bienvenue,' 'Patinville,' and 'Huval,' La.; Louisiana, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Dorice Tentchoff
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Case Western Reserve University, 1977
- Abstracted in: Dissertation abstracts international -- 38/03, p. 1507, Sep. 1977.
- UM-AAC 7718849
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cajuns