Papers

Expression the notion of consequence in immersion French. NWAV30, Raleigh, Oct. 11-14, 2001). [with R. Mougeon and K. Rehner].

The Acquisition of the internal and external constraints of variable schwa deletion by French Immersion students. Sociolinguistics Symposium 14, Gent, 4-6 April, 2002[with R. Mougeon, K. Rehner & D. Uritescu ].

Not Fade Away: The Fate of the Declining Vernacular Variant je VERB-ons. Third UK Conference and Linguistic Variation. Univesrity of York, England. July, 2001.

La variation sociolinguistique en immersion française. University of Windsor, January, 2001. (Invited speaker)

How Auxiliaries be/have in Acadian French, Moncton, Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association, November, 2000 [with R. King]

The Do's and Don'ts of French Immersion. University of Calgary. Dec. 1, 2000. (Invited speaker).

A sociolinguistic analysis of phonetic variation in the spoken French of immersion students, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics, University of Laval, May, 2001 [with R. Mougeon and D. Uritscu].

The Future of French Immersion, NWAV 29, Michigan State University, Oct 6, 2000 [with S. Burdine, R. Mougeon and K. Rehner]

How Auxiliaries be/have in Acadian French, Moncton, Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association, November, 2000 [with R. King]

Having it all in Acadian French, NWAV 29, Michigan State University, Oct 7, 2000 [with R. King]

Sociolinguistic Competence and the French Immersion Curriculum, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education, University of Alberta. May 25, 2000 [with R. Mougeon and K. Rehner]

Etre ou ne pas être en Immersion, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics, University of Alberta, May 26 2000 [with V. Knaus]

Living and Working in Immersion French, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics, University of Alberta, May 26 2000 [with M. McKinnie]

To have and not to be in Acadian French. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Linguistics Association, University of Alberta, May 28, 2000. [with R. King]

Acquisition de la variation du français par les élèves d'immersion en Ontario, Association Canadienne française pour l'avancement des sciences, Université de Montréal, May 18, 2000. [with R. Mougeon and K. Rehner]

Patterns of variation in the spoken French of Anglo-Canadian French Immersion students. 19th annual Second Language Research Forum in Minnesota, Sept, 1999 [with R. Mougeon and K. Rehner].

Code-switching in the advanced foreign-language classroom. AILA, Tokyo, Japan, 1999. [with J. Dailey O'Cain].

Future Developments in Acadian French. Annual Meeting of the Candian Linguisitc Association, Université de Sherbrooke, June 5, 1999. [with R. King].

If Schüler unerfolgreiche Erfahrungen haben: German-English Code-Switching by Advanced Students of German. GLAC, Austin, Texas April 17, 1999 [with J. Dailey O'Cain].

Research on Variation in the spoken French of Canadian immersion students: A Synthesis. AAAL, Stamford, Connecticut, March 1999 [with R. Mougeon and K. Rehner].

On the Variable Use of Traditional Acadian Verbal Morphology in Prince Edward Island French. The Atlantic Provinces Linguisitc Association, University College of Cape Breton. Nov 6, 1998. [with R. King].

Research on Variation in the Spoken French of Canadian Immersion Students: a Synthesis. New Ways of Analyzing Variation 27, Athens, Georgia, October 3, 1998. [with R. Mougeon and K. Rehner].

Back to the Future in Acadian French. New Ways of Analyzing Variation 27, Athens, Georgia, October 3, 1998. [with R. King].

The Truth about Code-Switching in Acadian French, Linguistic Circle Lecture Series in Applied Linguistics, Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Studies, University of Alberta. February 11, 1998.

L'alternance de code en français acadien. Journée du savoir, Faculté Saint-Jean, Université d'Alberta. March 21, 1998. On Variable Use of Traditional Acadian Verbal Morphology in Prince Edward Island French.

Annual Meeting of the Candian Linguisitc Association, University of Ottawa. May 29, 1998. [with R. King].

Synthetic and Analytic Verb Forms in the Spoken French of Immersion Students. Trends in second language teaching and learning, Carleton University, May 20-23, 1998. [with R. Mougeon].

"First Person Plural Pronouns in PEI French: All for on and on for all?". New Ways of Analyzing Variation 26, Quebec City, Québec, October 24, 1997. [with R. King].

"The expression of evidentiality in French-English bilingual discourse". November 8, 1997. Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, N.S. [with Ruth King].

"The Effect of Social Class in a Minority Language Setting". June 12, 1997. Canadian Anthropology Society. St. John's Nfld.

"L'Atrophie linguistique en français minoritaire". Discours et pathologie. University of Alberta. March 22, 1997.

"Logic, Discourse and (non) Standard Language". Invited speaker, Graduate seminar on the socio-pathology of the XIXth century. MLCS, University of Alberta, March 19, 1997.

"Le français parlé‚ en milieu minoritaire". Journée du savoir, Faculté Saint-Jean, Université de l'Alberta. (March 7, 1997).

"(Socio-)linguistic Consequences of Language Attrition". University of Alberta, Dept. of Linguistics, Invited speaker. March 3, 1997.

"Variable Lexical Affinity in Minority French". New Ways of Analyzing Varition 25 , Las Vegas, Nevada, October 20, 1996.

"Discourse, Evidentiality and Codeswitching in Three Atlantic Canada Acadian Communities. New Ways of Analyzing Varition 25 , Las Vegas, Nevada, October 18, 1996. [with R. King].

"Sociolinguistic Discontinuity within and across Ontario's French-Speaking Communities: implications for the theory of linguistic variation". Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics. May, 1996, University of Western Ontario. [with R. Mougeon].

"Lexicalisation disparate en milieu minoritaire". Association canadienne français pour l'avancement des sciences: Exploration du lexique. McGill University, May, 1996.

"The Relationship of Form and Function in Language Variation and Change". Invited speaker, Sociolinguistics seminar, Dept. of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, York University, March, 1996.

"Morphosyntactic Variation and Change: Agreement Marking in (Non-)standard French.
Invited speaker, Linguistics Student's Association Lecture Series 2, Dept. of
Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, York University, North York, Ontario, Feb. 15, 1996. [with Ruth King].

"Variation linguistique le long d'un continuum de compétence communicative". Invited speaker, Dept. of French and Italian, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, Feb. 5, 1996.

"Grammatical Variation along the French Language Proficiency Continuum". Invited speaker, Modern languages, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Jan. 26, 1996

"From L2 to L1 through Minority Language Grammars". Invited speaker, Dept. of French and Italian, University of Arizon, Tucson, Arizona, Jan. 22, 1996.

"Morphological Variation in Prince Edward Island French". Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association , Nov. 1995 Charlottetown, P.E.I. [with Ruth King].

"La puissance des pronoms faibles en français acadien." Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association , Nov. 1995, Charlottetown, P.E.I. [with Ruth King].

"Variable Syntactic Rules in Minority Speech Communities". Invited speaker, French Dept., University of Toronto, Nov. 16, 1995.

"On the Acquisition of Morphological Templates". Workshop on Postsyntactic Mechanisms, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. Oct 27, 1995.

"Sociolinguistic Discontinuity in Minority Language Communities". New Ways of Analyzing Variation 24 , Oct. 1995, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. [with R. Mougeon].

"Left Dislocation, Number Marking, and (Non-)Standard French". New Ways of Analyzing Variation 24, Oct., 1995 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. [with R. King].

"Le non-redoublement du sujet en français acadien".Congrès annuel de l'Association canadienne de linguistique, Université du Québec à Montréal, June 2, 1995. [with Ruth King].

"Affixation et cliticisation des pronoms faibles en grammaire générative". Invited speaker, Département de français, University of Western Ontario, Feb., 1995.

"Variation grammaticale en français ontarien". Invited speaker, Département d'Etudes françaises, Queen's University, Feb., 1995.

"Sorting out Morphological Variation in Acadian French: the Importance of the Linguistic Marketplace". New Ways of Analyzing Variation 23 , Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, Oct. 20-23, 1994. [with Ruth King].

"Variation syntaxique, influence externe et français minoritaire". French Dept., University of Toronto, Nov. 11, 1993.

"Subject Doubling in Ontario French". New Ways of Analyzing Variation 22, Université d'Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Oct. 14-17, 1993.

"Représentations morphologiques des clitiques dans les langues romanes". Congrès annuel de l'Association canadienne de linguistique, Université Carleton, Ottawa, Ontario, du 30 mai au 1er juin, 1993. [avec Y. Roberge, S. Cummins et P. Bessler].

"Le rôle des schèmes morphologiques dans la cliticisation: quelques études de cas". Congrès annuel de l'Association canadienne de linguistique, Université Carleton, Ottawa, Ontario, May 31, 1993. [avec P. Bessler, D. Heap, et S. Mastromonaco].

"A Morphosyntactic Analysis of Romance Clitic Constructions".Workshop on Syntax-Morphology Interface , Linguistics Dept., University of Toronto, Feb. 20-21, 1993. [with Y. Roberge, S. Cummins and P. Bessler].

"If a Template Fits ...: Case Studies in Syntactic vs. Morphological Cliticization". Workshop on Syntax-Morphology Interface, Linguistics Dept., University of Toronto, Feb. 20-21, 1993. [with P. Bessler D. Heap and S. Mastromonaco]

"Morphological cliticisation". Workshop on X0 Syntax , University of Toronto, June 24, 1992. [with S. Cummins, D. Heap, and Y. Roberge].

"Restriction linguistique et cliticisation des pronoms indirects inanimés en français ontarien". Le français des Amériques, Université Carleton, 26-27 sept., 1992.

"Cliticisation morphologique ou catégories fonctionnelles?". Congrès annuel de l'Association canadienne de linguistique, Université de l'Ile du Prince Edouard, Charlottetown, Ile du Prince Edouard, 27 mai, 1992. [avec P. Bessler, S. Cummins, D. Heap, et Y. Roberge].

"L'emprunt lexical à la dérive: une évolution tranquille au Québec". La problématique de l'implicite, Victoria College, Université de Toronto, 2 juin, 1991.

"La possession des parties du corps dans les dialectes non standard". Annual Meeting of the Canadian Linguistic Association, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont., May 27, 1991.