ID politics: Cajuns & Creoles Flashcards
1
Q
Creole
A
refers to individ of AA and French descent living in rural LOA
2
Q
Cajun
A
individ of Acadian French descent (Nova Scotia) living in isolated communities in the US
3
Q
result of rapid lang shifts from French-Eng after LOA purchase
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Creole AAVE (CAAVE)
4
Q
influenced by French,= and contact w German/Irish immigrants, African and Caribbean slaves, and Spanish speaking islenos (islanders)
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Cajun Vernacular Eng (CVE)
5
Q
Creole lang history
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Bilingual rampant during civil war, now Eng dom tongue
6
Q
Cajun younger gen
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dom Eng monoling, use Cajun pronunciations to mark id
7
Q
CAAVE=
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AAVE+CVE
8
Q
Cajun Renaissance 1960s
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cultural mvmt by 3rd gens to cultural (French) recovery and ling legitimation
