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Robert Chaudenson

1937 – 2020

French linguist

CreolistPolitical punditUniversity teacher
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Lived 1937 – 2020 (aged 82). Robert Chaudenson was a French creolist, political pundit, university teacher, linguist and romanist.

Robert Chaudenson (12 April 1937 – 7 April 2020) was a French linguist.

Biography He was a specialist in creole languages and an emeritus professor of linguistics at the University of Provence. He was a widely known author on the subject of creolistics and president of the International Committee of Creole Studies. He was born in Lyon, and died aged 82, just 5 days before his 83rd birthday in Metropolitan France due to complications of COVID-19.

Publications 1974. Le lexique du parler créole de la Réunion, 2 vol., Paris: Champion, 1249 p. 1978. "Créole et langage enfantin: phylogenèse et ontogenèse", Langue française, vol. 37, pp. 76–90. 1979. "A propos de la genèse du créole mauricien: le peuplement de l'Ile de France de 1721 à 1735", Etudes Créoles, 1979, n° 1, pp. 43–57. 1990. "Recherche, formation et créolistique", Revue Québecoise de linguistique théorique et appliquée, vol. 9, n°3, novembre 1990, pp. 287–303. 1992. "Les langues créoles", La Recherche, n° 248, novembre 1992, pp. 1248–1256. 1994. "Français d'Amérique du Nord et créoles français : le français parlé par les immigrants du XVIIème siècle", in R. Mougeon et E. Beniak (ed.), Les origines du français québecois, Presses de l'Université Laval, pp. 169–180. 1995. "Les français d'Amérique ou le français d'Amérique : genèse et comparaison" in H. Wittmann et R. Fournier" (ed.), Le français des Amériques, Presses universitaires de Trois-Rivières, pp. 3–19. 1998a. (with L.J. Calvet), Saint-Barthélemy : une énigme linguistique, Paris: Didier Erudition, 206 pages. 1998b. "Variation, koïnèisation, créolisation : français d’Amérique et créoles", in P. Brasseur (éd.), Français d’Amérique. Variation, créolisation, normalisation, Avignon: Presses de l'Université d'Avignon, pp. 163–179. 2000. Grille d’analyse des situations linguistiques, Paris: Didier Erudition, 58 pages. 2001. (with Salikoko Mufwene), Creolization of language and culture, London: Routledge, 340 pages. 2003. La créolisation : théorie, applications, implications, Paris: L'Harmattan, 480 pages. 2010. la genèse des créoles de l'Océan indien, Paris: L'Harmattan.

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Creolist, political pundit, university teacher, linguist, romanist
Nationality
Education
University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
Positions held
Director, President
Employers
University of La Réunion, University of Provence - Aix-Marseille I

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Robert Chaudenson's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Robert Chaudenson?

French linguist (1937–2020)

When was Robert Chaudenson born?

Robert Chaudenson was born on 12 April 1937 in 3rd arrondissement of Lyon.

When did Robert Chaudenson die?

Robert Chaudenson died on 7 April 2020 in Aix-en-Provence.

What was Robert Chaudenson's occupation?

Robert Chaudenson was a creolist, political pundit, university teacher, linguist and romanist.

What nationality was Robert Chaudenson?

Robert Chaudenson was French.

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