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Oïl varieties are northern Gallo-Romance varieties spoken in the north of France, parts of Belgium, and the Anglo-Norman islands. I am working on a number of projects relating to these varieties, particularly an investigation of their morphology and syntax, together with Dr Anne Dagnac from the University of Toulouse, who is a specialist of Picard and more generally of the syntax of Oïl varieties. Together, we are editing the first ever handbook devoted to these language varieties.
The [Oxford] History of French Morphology
The [Oxford] History of French Morphology
This is a long-term project together with Louise Esher (CNRS, LLACAN). The book is under contract with Oxford University Press.
We aim at producing a comprehensive monograph tracing the development of French morphology from Latin to the present day, in all domains of word structure. We do that by providing theoretical studies of each of the domains, drawing on the wealth of data accumulated over the past century for the description of various historical stages of the French language, as well as on the wealth of comparative Romance studies produced in recent years.
Manuel des parlers d'oïl
Manuel des parlers d'oïl
This is another long-term project together with Anne Dagnac (CLLE CNRS & Université Toulouse-Jean Jaurès).
We aim at producing the first comprehensive handbook about the Oïl varieties spoken in the northern half of France and parts of Belgium and the Channel Islands. The book will feature the best specialists of the domain, analysing the history of these varieties, their social setting and their structure. The last part of the handbook will give an overview of each of the varieties, which should be useful for their future study.
We are in the process of finding a publisher for the book project.
The history of verbal morphology in Oïl varieties
The history of verbal morphology in Oïl varieties
I am working on a series of studies about the history of verbal morphology in the Oïl varieties. A first branch is about the history of the preterite, particularly in Poitevin-Saintongeais, for which I will also study the rest of the paradigm. I am also working on segregated inflection classes in the future and conditional of Jèrriais. I plan on describing the whole conjugation system of Gallo in a near future.
Oïl preterites variation and change
Oïl preterites variation and change
This article is being submitted to a special issue of the journal Langue française, about contemporary morphology, directed by Florence Villoing and Fabio Montermini.
The future and conditional in Jèrriais
The future and conditional in Jèrriais
Following the differential destiny of /r/ in Jèrriais, the system of conjugation classes present in the future and conditional has been completely remodelled. This article describes the phenomenon and its diachronic development, and analyses its consequences for the conjugation system at large, which witnesses the birth of a system of segregated inflection classes.
Early Modern textuality in the Oïl varieties
Early Modern textuality in the Oïl varieties
As is usual in Romance, a lot is known about medieval varieties, because early Romance linguists and specialists in literature wanted to go back to the language of the origins, and a lot is known of the modern varieties because of efforts in description from the 19th century, as well as the invaluable data offered by linguistic atlases. Much less is known about whatever happened in between these two points. I am collecting textual sources for the study of early modern Oïl varieties, with the aim of making them available for research, maybe in the form of a digitized corpus. I will be first working on a publication of early modern Poitevin-Saintongeais texts, starting with its theatre and plays.
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