King, RuthNadasdi, Terry2009-07-072009-07-072003The Journal of French Language studies; 13 (3): 323-3370959-2695http://hdl.handle.net/10315/2699Abstract - Our article presents a variationist analysis of future verb forms in Acadian French. The main variants considered are the inflected future (e.g. je partirai) and the periphrastic future (e.g. je vais partir). The purpose of this study is two-fold: a) it will determine the distribution of these variants and their linguistic correlates; b) it will compare the use of future verb forms with other varieties of French. Our results reveal that the inflected future is used with greater frequency in Acadian French than in other Canadian varieties and that the factors that condition the variable in Acadian are not the same as in other varieties. (Received November 2000) (Revised May 2003)enFrenchFrench -- Prince Edward IslandSociolinguistic variationMinority Language VariationArticle