Trained as an anthropologist, I explore language variation and change in the French Language. As a sociolinguist, my interests also encompass language contact and bilingualism, as well as language attitudes and representations. Over the years, I have built a research program that focuses on Francophone communities in North America and on urban varieties of French. I base my empirical research on large corpora of data collected in natural settings. While my approach is primarily quantitative, I include qualitative insights from linguistic anthropology.

 

Current funded projects

 

(2019-2025) Forty years of Linguistic Change in Montreal and Welland: The individual and the community

Insight grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2019-2023. PI: Mireille Tremblay, University of Montreal, Role: Collaborator

(2021-2024) Create a Digital Platform: Fonds de données linguistiques du Québec

Université de Sherbrooke & Secrétariat à la promotion et à la valorisation de la langue française (Government of Québec). PI: Wim Remysen, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, Role: Co-I.

This project, led by Dr. Wim Remysen from the University of Sherbrooke, Canada, aims to create a digital platform ‘Fonds de données linguistiques du Québec’ to allow Quebec and the Francophone world to discover the linguistic and cultural Quebec heritage.

(2024-2026) Environmental Humanities and the French and Francophone World

Centers of Excellence projects.French Embassy in the United States. 2024-2025. PI: Hélène Blondeau

(2024-2025) Promoting Global Health and French Studies

French in Higher Education Program.French Embassy in the United States. 2014-2026. PI: Hélène Blondeau