Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2009 Mais, I sin in French, I gotta go to confession in French: a study of the language shift from French to English within the Louisiana Catholic Church Emilie Gagnet Leumas Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the French and Francophone Language and Literature Commons Recommended Citation Leumas, Emilie Gagnet, "Mais, I sin in French, I gotta go to confession in French: a study of the language shift from French to English within the Louisiana Catholic Church" (2009). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 3415. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/3415 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please
[email protected]. MAIS, I SIN IN FRENCH, I GOTTA GO TO CONFESSION IN FRENCH: A STUDY OF THE LANGUAGE SHIFT FROM FRENCH TO ENGLISH WITHIN THE LOUISIANA CATHOLIC CHURCH A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of French Studies by Emilie Gagnet Leumas B.M., Loyola University of the South, 1980 M.Ed., University of New Orleans, 1983 May 2009 In memory of my grandmother Memere Lolly the last native French speaker in my family (August 5, 1908-July 14, 2007) ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS It is a privilege to thank those who have made this dissertation possible.