Albert Valdman

Valdman, Albert, Anne-José Villeneuve and Jason F. Siegel 2015 On the influence of the standard norm of Haitian Creole on the Cap Haïtien dialect: Evidence from sociolinguistic variation in the third person singular pronoun Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 30:1, pp. 1–43 | Article

Among French-based creoles, Haitian Creole has the highest degree of standardization, with a written norm, Standard Haitian Creole (SHC), based on Port-au-Prince monolinguals’ speech. To evaluate the influence of SHC on regional varieties, we conducted, in and around Cap Haïtien, a sociolinguistic… read more

Valdman, Albert 2006 Review of Klingler (2003): If I could turn my tongue like that. The creole language of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 21:1, pp. 214–220 | Review

Valdman, Albert 2004 Réflexions sur l’histoire de l’AILA World Applied Linguistics: A Celebration of AILA at 40, Gass, Susan M. and Sinfree Makoni (eds.), pp. 2–5 | Article

Albert Valdman traces the history of AILA through his memories of its origins in the early 1960s in France to its place today as the umbrella organization of over 30 national associations from all over the world. He begins with a discussion of AILA’s early days — centered in Western Europe and… read more

Valdman, Albert 2002 Review of Chaudenson (2000): Mondialisation: la langue française a-t-elle encore un avenir? Language Problems and Language Planning 26:2, pp. 203–207 | Review

Valdman, Albert 2001 Review of Anglade (1998): Inventaire étymologique des termes créoles des Caraïbes d’origine africaine Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 16:1, pp. 197–201 | Review

Valdman, Albert 2000 Review of Freeman & Laguerre (1996): Haitian-English dictionary Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 15:1, pp. 199–205 | Review

Valdman, Albert 1991 Decreolization or Dialect Contact in Haiti? Development and Structures of Creole Languages: Essays in honor of Derek Bickerton, Byrne, Francis and Thom Huebner (eds.), pp. 75 ff. | Article

Valdman, Albert 1986 Emploi du créole comme langue d'enseignement et décréolisation en Haïti Language Problems and Language Planning 10:2, pp. 115–139 | Article

SUMMARY The Use of Creole in Education and Decreolization in Haiti This article attempts to show that, as is the case for related French-based creoles coexisting with their lexifier language, Haitian Creole (HC) is subject to decreolization. According to the dynamic model proposed, pidginization,… read more

Valdman, Albert 1982 Review of Bebel-Gisler (1976): La Langue créole: Force jugulée Language Problems and Language Planning 6:3, pp. 307–313 | Review

Valdman, Albert 1978 La standardisation du créole en Haïti XIV Congresso Internationale di Linguistica e Filologia Romanza: Napoli, 15–20 Aprile 1974. ATTI, Varvaro, Alberto (ed.), pp. I-267–I-281 | Article

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