Beatrice Bagola Ordre des livres

The book contains papers presented at an international colloquium which has taken place at regular intervals (since 1985) and which is devoted to the contrasting study of the French language in Europe and Canada. In 2007 the focus was on the different varieties of French that can be observed in France and in Canada. Here specialists from Canada, France and Germany present their research results in the fields of phonetics and phonology, vocabulary and lexicography, word formation, history of the French language and the history of (French) place names in present-day Canada.

The subject of ethno-cultural minorities and their integration is looming increasingly large in Quebec. Accordingly, the papers presented at the Trier colloquium are devoted to immigration and the minorities in this Canadian province. Their concern is with the multiple links constituting inter-ethnic relations there. The range of topics extends from linguistic matters to literary, historical and political aspects of immigration and minority groups. The subjects investigated in the context of immigration are not limited to allophone groups but also include the two founder peoples. The multidisciplinary approach of the volume casts an interesting light on some intriguing facets of Quebec's ethnic diversity.