Worksheet 6 Discourse Analysis

This study analyzes spelling in personal letters written in 18th-19th century French Louisiana to examine the use of old and new French spelling norms among socioeconomic classes over time. The researcher collected manuscript letters to analyze the linguistic behavior of French settlers and Louisiana-born writers using a sociocultural theoretical framework. The analysis found the greatest use of non-standard spelling variants in younger generations, showing how social and economic forces shaped the expansion and variation of French in Louisiana.

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College of Education

Mabini Colleges
Daet, Camarines Norte

RESEARCH PLUS

Worksheet 6
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGNS

DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

1. What is the purpose of the study?

- The purpose of the study is a sociolinguistic analysis of the French spelling system in newly
discovered, authentic personal letters written by literate settlers living in Louisiana during the
18th and 19th centuries. After showing that French and non-French vernaculars were very much
alive among the Louisiana founding population, the paper examines the use of old and new
French norms in Louisiana for three socio-economic classes over time: the elite, planter, and
military/merchant populations. Socio-demographic pressures are described that could have led
to the maintenance of old French features or the expansion of some French varieties.

2. What are the research questions?

- How powerful socio-economic events that shape the expansion of a socially well-delineated
population?
- How to explain the linguistic behavior of both French settlers and Louisiana-born writers?

3. Who are the participants, and where is the research site?

- French people at Louisiana france.

4. What theoretical framework is used?

- Sociocultural theory is concerned with human expressions, often in the form of language. It
highlights how such expressions are linked to human knowledge. The language learning process
can help break down many of the aforementioned barriers, especially in regards to how
students view the language learning process and the roles that the teacher and student should
carry within it.

5. What makes this research a discourse analysis?

- This research study has something to deal with analysis and the researcher used the method for
studying written or spoken language in relation to its social context.

6. How were data collected through qualitative methods?

- Manuscript collection to gather data.
7. What are the findings that respond to the research questions?
- For an in depth discussion of the use of the word in many contexts, despite of the different
culture and beliefs by the use of language it creates harmonious relationship towards other. The
generation of speakers exhibit the greatest usage of non-standard variants.

Source: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233519444_Letter-
writing_in_French_Louisiana_Interpreting_variable_spelling_conventions_1685-1840