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Instructors > Amanda LaFleur

Amanda LaFleur
Instructor
Coordinator of Cajun Studies
435 Hodges Hall
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge LA 70808 USA
Phone: 1-225-578-0545
Fax: 1-225-578-6628

TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Lexicon of Louisiana French
Grammatical description of Louisiana French
Francophone literature of Louisiana
Adaptation of authentic Louisiana French materials to French language
instruction

NOTABLE ACTIVITIES

Co-director, Base de données lexicographiques
panfrancophone-Louisiane (http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/bdlp)
Member, LADICO research team preparing a dictionary of Louisiana French
Council for the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL),
Executive Council

RECENT AND NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS

Forthcoming. “French” (co-authored with Michael Picone), in the
Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, 2nd ed., Chapel Hill: University
of North Carolina Press.

2005. La revitalisation endogène du cadien en Louisiane"
(co-authored with Barry Jean Ancelet) in Albert Valdman, Julie Auger
& Deborah Piston-Hatlen (eds.), Le français en Amérique du Nord: état
présent. Québec: Les Presses de l'Université Laval.

2000. "La néologie et les anglicismes par tranches d'âge en français
louisianais" (co-authored with Michael Picone) , in Contacts de
langues et identités culturelles. Perspectives lexicographiques,
Actes des quatrièmes Journées scientifiques du réseau« Etude du
français en francophonie », ed. by Danièle Latin and Claude Poirier,
Québec: Les Presses de l'Université Laval, pp. 15-27.

1999. Tonnerre mes chiens!: An annotated glossary of Louisiana French
Figures of Speech. Renvouveau: Ville Platte, LA.

1994. "Le français louisianais: un aperçu général" (co-authored with
Richard Guidry), in Francophonies d'Amérique, no. 4, p. 129-135.
Reprinted in Les Actes du Congrès Mondial des Acadiens, 1997.

CLASSES TAUGHT

FREN 2101-02 Intermediate French
FREN 2201-2202 Intermediate Cajun French
FREN 3295 Special Topics in Louisiana French
FREN 3260 Introduction to Structure of Louisiana French
FREN 2254 Oral Communication in Cajun French

AWARDS AND HONORS

2006 Service Learning Grant: "Community Partnering to Preserve and
Document an Endangered Language"
2004 BORSF Grant: "A Multimedia Dictionary of Louisiana French"
2000 LSU Faculty Honor Roll
1992 National Endowment for the Humanities Teacher Scholar Award

Department of French Studies
416 Hodges Hall
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA
Phone: 225.578.6627
Fax: 225.578.6628
E-mail: lsufren@lsu.edu
Internet 2 University Member



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