An Inspection of the Syntax of Cajun French, with Particular Attention on the Relationship between the Syntax of Cajun French, Modern European French,

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1 An Inspection of the Syntax of Cajun French, with Particular Attention on the Relationship between the Syntax of Cajun French, Modern European French, and English

2 “Mon pape et ses frères, c’était mes oncles à mon…ça jouait de la musique”  Frequency of fronting (Generally subject-fronting, but we will also see object-fronting)  Weakness of verb conjugation system (unlike Modern European French)  Ability to drop ‘that’ (unlike Modern European French)

3 “Mon pape, son violin, eux-autres l’a toujours mais c’est pas—c’est pas mon qui l’a” “My dad, his violin, they still have it but it’s not—it’s not me who has it”

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8 “to go”Cajun French Modern European French English 1 st Person Sing.Vais/VasVaisGo 2 nd Person Sing.Vas Go 3 rd Person Sing.Va Goes 1 st Person PluralVaAllonsGo 2 nd Person PluralVaallezGo 3 rd Person PluralVaVontGo

9 Cajun French Modern European French English Strong Verb Conjugations?NoYesNo SVI?NoYesNo ‘that’-drop?YesNoYes

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