A debate in Paris
On October 19th, Jean-Benoît Nadeau participated in a debate with the Time’s former European bureau chief Donald Morrison, organized by France’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Estates-General on …
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Julie Barlow reads a passage from The Story of French
On Saturday, October 1st, 2011, in association with les Journées de la Culture / Culture Days, PWAC Quebec (Professional Writers Association of Canada) held a book …
Is There a Typical Swiss Accent?
Excerpt taken from the book The Story of French (Ch. 7) Like the issue of the Belgian accent, that of the Suisse accent is complicated. …
The Jèrriais Language: “Norman French”
Excerpt taken from the book The Story of French (Ch. 1) At the beginning of our research, Jean-Benoît travelled to the island of Jersey, a …
Jean-Benoît on France Culture
Quebec and France: two different cultures separated by the same language! On the French radio program TOUT UN MONDE, which aired on Oct. 11th, 2011, Jean-Benoit …
Gallo-Roman: “Street” Latin
Excerpt taken from the book The Story of French (Ch. 1) The Gaulish language ended up contributing very little to the vocabulary of modern French. …
Maclean’s Magazine Quotes Jean-Benoît Nadeau on the French Language and Immigrants in Quebec
Jean-Benoît Nadeau, co-author of The Story of French is quoted in Maclean’s recent article by Martin Patriquin: Will immigrants save the French language, or hasten …
You Don’t Have to Speak French at Home to Be a Francophone
L’office québecois de la langue française’s (Quebec Office of the French Language) just published a report that shows the French language is losing ground in …
French is the Latin of English
Excerpt taken from the book The Story of French (Ch. 1) Very few people know that French has its place in the world not …
PWAC Reads!
Julie Barlow – PWAC Book reading and signing along with authors Beverly Akerman, Olivia Kona, Eve Krakow and Heather Grace Stewart. October 1, 2011, 2:00p …