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Hi!<BR> <BR>I believe the reason there is no date listed for "Early Modern French" is that it persisted a bit later in the 'New World' than in the 'Old.' (In the old it did not persist much past 1660; in the new it persisted in some degree until near the end of the 17th century!) I feel I should now insert "ending late 17th century" or something into the description field?? Wouldn't that be a better solution?<BR>
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(I don't mean to take attention away from the current request for [hepburn] but Doug's message, <A href="http://www.alvestrand.no/pipermail/ietf-languages/2009-September/009485.html">http://www.alvestrand.no/pipermail/ietf-languages/2009-September/009485.html</A> made it obvious that the description field for [1694acad] was not so precise as was that for [1606nict].)<BR>
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Thanks.<BR>
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My modification form request is below.<BR><BR>
* * *<BR> LANGUAGE SUBTAG MODIFICATION FORM<BR> 1. Name of requester: C. E. Whitehead<BR> 2. E-mail address of requester: <A href="mailto:cewcathar@hotmail.com">cewcathar@hotmail.com</A><BR> 3. Record Requested:<BR><BR> Type: variant<BR> Subtag: 1694acad<BR> Description: Early Modern French (ending late 17th century).<BR> Prefix: fr<BR> Preferred-Value:<BR> Deprecated:<BR> Suppress-Script:<BR> Macrolanguage:<BR> Comments: 17th century French, as catalogued in the "Dictionnaire de<BR>l'acad&#xE9;mie fran&#xE7;oise", 4eme ed. 1694; frequently includes<BR>elements of Middle French, as this is a transitional period<BR> 4. Intended meaning of the subtag:<BR> 5. Reference to published description<BR> of the language (book or article):<BR>
* Dictionnaire de l'acad&#xE9;mie fran&#xE7;oise. 4eme ed. (1694). Paris/ARTFL Project, University of Chicago.<BR>Retrieved online 2006-2007:<BR><A href="http://portail.atilf.fr/dictionnaires/ACADEMIE/index.htm">http://portail.atilf.fr/dictionnaires/ACADEMIE/index.htm</A> <BR><BR>* F&#xE9;nelon, Fran&#xE7;ois de Salignac de La Mothe. (1984).<BR>"Fenelon's Letter to the French Academy:<BR>with an introduction and commentary".<BR><BR>* Ayres-Bennett, Wendy. (2004).<BR>"Sociolinguistic variation in seventeenth-century France:<BR>methodology and case studies".<BR>Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.<BR><BR>* La Salle, M. S. (de la Salle le jeune, Nicholas). (1682/1685).<BR>Journal.<BR>"Relation de la decouverte que M. de la Salle a faite<BR>de la Rivi&#xE8;re de Mississipi en 1682<BR>et de son retour jusqu'a Quebec<BR>et aussi de son voyage de France dans le golfe Mexique<BR>pour aller chercher l'embouchure du Mississippi en 1684<BR>qu'elle me fait donn&#xE9;e par le jeune M. de la Salle".<BR>Texas Treasures. Texas State Library & Archives Commission.<BR>Retrieved online 2006-2007:<BR><A href="http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/treasures/giants/lasalle/lasalle-cover.html">http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/treasures/giants/lasalle/lasalle-cover.html</A> <BR><A href="http://teacherweb.com/FL/Cocoa/CEWhitehead/HTMLPage15.stm">http://teacherweb.com/FL/Cocoa/CEWhitehead/HTMLPage15.stm</A><BR><BR> 6. Any other relevant information: Language in French text may vary widely in the 17th century.<BR><BR>
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Best,<BR>
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C. E. Whitehead<BR>
<A href="mailto:cewcathar@hotmail.com">cewcathar@hotmail.com</A> <BR> </body>
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