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Lexicon of Sark Norman French

Anthony J. Liddicoat, Griffith University

Sark Norman French (SNF) is a Norman French variety spoken on the island
of Sark, the smallest of the Channel Islands. The variety is spoken by
fewer than 50 people and is in a state of obsolescence. SNF was
established on Sark in the sixteenth century by a group of mainly Jersey
Norman French speakers, but then evolved in relative isolation until
late nineteenth century.

        SNF is a very conservative Norman French variety, which unlike
mainland
Norman French has not been strongly influenced by standard French lexis,
although in recent years, there has been large scale borrowing from
English. The dictionary gives English language equivalents for each SNF
term, along with grammatical information and etymologies for each entry.
There is also an English-SNF finder list.

ISBN 3 89586 411 0
Lincom Studies in Romance Linguistics 27
130pp. 24 x 18 cm. DM 98 / USD 48 / # 30


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