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15. The Cajuns: Their History, Culture, Language and Song.

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Thompson, Denise N. and Thompson, Earl G.

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The materials presented here contain information about Cajun history, demography, language, music, and song. They include: a list of significant dates and events in Cajun history, from 1604 to 1990; maps indicating Cajun parishes in Louisiana and settlement areas in 1790 and 1981; notes on Cajun French, including distinctions between it and Louisiana and Creole French and some details of phonology, morphology, and borrowing; an article in Cajun, with translation in standard French, on being Cajun in America; notes on the characteristics and evolution of Cajun music; lyrics of some popular songs; a discography of traditional Cajun recordings; and a brief bibliography of works on Cajun topics. (MSE)

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1995

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