Carmen LeBlanc, Carleton University

Research

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Current varieties of French in North America.Demographic and social distribution of linguistic forms in vernacular speech.Historical origins and development of non-standard varieties.Relationship between linguistic norms and community identity.Dialect contact.

Latest funding

Community, contact and change in the Acadian French diaspora
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$48,588
Dialect contact and the sociolinguistic history of Acadian French
SSHRC · 2013 · Co-investigator
$242,907

All 2 grants and awards

No publications available.

Community, contact and change in the Acadian French diaspora

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: King, Ruth E.

Keywords: sociolinguistics; dialect contact; language variation and change; acadian French; North American French; European French

$48,588

Dialect contact and the sociolinguistic history of Acadian French

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: King, Ruth E.

Keywords: sociolinguistics; language change; linguistic diffusion; grammatical variation; Acadian French

$242,907

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Current varieties of French in North America. Dear Professor LeBlanc, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on current varieties of french in north america. connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]