Les principales caractéristiques phonétiques des parlers normands de Jersey, Sercq, Guernesey et Magneville (canton de Bricquebec, Manche)

Variation and Change in Sark Norman French1

“…This popular pronunciation was adopted more widely from the end of the eighteenth century (CREDERE > French croire [k ʁwa ʁ] ‘to believe’). In the Norman and west French area, the diphthong remained as [ej] and, in the twelfth century, it simplified to [e] or [ɛ] (Collas 1931: 32; Spence 1957a: 82, 1984: 348; Brasseur 1978a: 56–7). Before a , Latin [k] palatalised via to in central French (VLat.…”

“…CAMISIAM > Fr. chemise ‘shirt’) but not in the Normano‐Picard area (Collas 1931: 43; Spence 1957a: 82, 1984: 347–8; Brasseur 1978a: 52–3). In a syllable closed by [r], [a] is maintained in central French (SARC(U)LARE > Fr.…”

“… In a syllable closed by [r], [a] is maintained in central French (SARC(U)LARE > Fr. sarcler [sa ʁkle] ‘to hoe’) but becomes [ɛ] in the Normano‐Picard and west‐French areas (Brasseur 1978a: 58–60). Before a front vowel, [i, e, ɛ ] and the yod, [j], Latin [k] palatalised via [ts] to [s] in central French (CENTUM > Fr.…”

“…force ‘force’). In the Normano‐Picard area, both these developments become (Collas 1931: 43; Spence 1957a: 82, 1984: 347; Brasseur 1978a: 53). The late Latin suffix ‐ellu / ‐ellos yielded Old French words such as coutel ‘knife’, batel ‘boat’, chastel ‘castle’.…”

“…Although Auregnais died in an almost undocumented state, 3 Sercquais will leave behind a somewhat more complete linguistic record. No writings, literary or otherwise, exist in this variety of insular Norman, but the grammar of Sercquais and some aspects of its phonology have been set down by linguists (Liddicoat 1989a, b, 1991, 1994), including within a pan‐Norman comparative framework (Brasseur 1978a, b) and a word list has been compiled (Liddicoat 2001). However, unlike Jèrriais and Guernésiais, no orthographic system has been elaborated for Sercquais 4 .…”