Dr. Douglas Walker
Adjunct Professor / Professeur adjoint
Professor Emeritus of French and Linguistics - University of Calgary
Biography
Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Ottawa 1972-1989; Department of French, Italian and Spanish, University of Calgary 1989-2010.
Teaching French phonology, The French language in Canada, History of the French language, French in the world, Introduction to the Romance languages, Phonetics, Sociolinguistics.
Research Interests / Int茅r锚ts de recherche
- French and Romance linguistics: phonology and morphology of Old French, Standard French and particularly Canadian French / Linguistique romane et fran莽aise: phonologie et morphologie de l鈥檃ncien fran莽ais, le fran莽ais de r茅f茅rence et surtout le fran莽ais laurentien
- The status and structure of the French language in Alberta. / Le statut et la structure du fran莽ais en Alberta.
Biographie
Professeur, D茅partement de linguistique, Universit茅 d鈥橭ttawa 1972-1989; D茅partement de fran莽ais, italien et espagnol, Universite de Calgary 1989-2010.
Enseignement: Phonologie fran莽aise, La langue fran莽aise au Canada, Histoire de la langue fran莽aise, Le fran莽ais dans le monde, Introduction aux langues romanes, Phon茅tique, Sociolinguistique.
Education / 脡ducation
- PhD, University of California at San Diego, 1971.
Selected publications / publications s茅lectionn茅es:
- An Introduction to Old French Morphophonology (Montreal: Didier Canada, 1981)
- Dictionnaire inverse de l'ancien fran莽ais (Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 1982)
- The Pronunciation of Canadian French (Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 1984)
- French Sound Structure (Calgary: University of Calgary Press. 2001)