The Basics Courses Research Publications Presentations Supervision CV Useful Links Hélène Blondeau Assistant Professor of French and Linguistics Dauer Hall, 210 PO Box 115565 University of Florida Gainesville, FL, 32611-5565 (352) 273-3766 (352) 392-1433 Fax blondeau@ufl.edu Office hours Spring 2010 Mondays: 4^th and 5^th periods 10:40am-12:35 pm Wednesdays 5th period 11:45 am-12:35 pm Homepage last updated 08-20-09	Hélène Blondeau Assistant Professor of French and Linguistics Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures I am part of the faculty of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Florida. I am also affiliated with the Program in Linguistics, and with the Department of Anthropology. After receiving my Ph.D. in Linguistic Anthropology from Université de Montréal, I was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the FCAR (a prestigious funding institution in Québec, Canada) to do research in the Linguistic Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania (1999-2001). Before arriving at UF in 2004, I also spent three years as an assistant professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Ottawa (2001-2004), where I also had the opportunity to act as a research associate in their dynamic Sociolinguistic Laboratory. My Research Interests I have always been fascinated by the interaction between language, culture and society, and I am especially interested by the sociolinguistic study of French. I am interested in all varieties of French, more particularly Québec French, and other varieties spoken in North America. As a sociolinguist, my research interests encompass language variation and change, as well as language contact and bilingualism. For example, one of my current research projects focuses on longitudinal linguistic change in Montréal French. In addition, I do research about the variety of French spoken by young Anglophones living in Montréal, a second language which has nowadays become an integral part of their linguistic repertoire. I am also currently exploring the language practices and language attitudes of the Francophone community of Canadians living in Florida.