Fernand Carton

French linguist (1921–2019)

Nancy 2 University
University of Lorraine

Fernand Carton (4 September 1921 – 16 November 2019) was a French linguist who specialized in Picardic dialects.^[1]

Biography

After passing the Agrégation de Lettres classiques exams in 1958,^[2] Carton published numerous articles in the field of phonetics. He became a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada^[3] and President of the Language Sciences section of the national committee of the French National Centre for Scientific Research. He also served as President of Nancy 2 University and University of Lorraine. He published a linguistic atlas of the Picard language,^[4] and adapted the Feller-Carton dialect transcription system.^[5]

References

^ "Carnet de deuil : Fernand Carton". estrepublicain.fr (in French). 17 November 2019.
^ "Les agrégés de l'enseignement secondaire. Répertoire 1809-1960". Ressources numériques en histoire de l'éducation (in French). March 2015.
^ "Fellows Directory". Royal Society of Canada.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Comité Régional Picard Nord-Pas-de-Calais". Pays de Ferrain (in French). Archived from the original on 2007-08-30. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
^ Walter, Henriette (2008). Aventures et mésaventures des langues de France. Paris: Champion. ISBN 2745323393.