The (''Treasury of the French language in Quebec'', TLFQ) is a project created in the 1970s with the primary objective of establishing a scientific infrastructure for research into the history of

Quebec French Quebec French ( ), also known as Québécois French, is the predominant variety (linguistics), variety of the French language spoken in Canada. It is the dominant language of the province of Quebec, used in everyday communication, in education, ...

and, also, its current usage.Présentation
, in ''Trésor de la langue française au Québec'', retrieved March 24, 2008 The project is affiliated to the ' (CIRAL) at

Université Laval (; English: ''Laval University)'' is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The university traces its roots to the Séminaire de Québec, founded by François de Montmorency-Laval in 1663, making it the oldest institutio ...

. The main fruit of the project is the '' (Historical dictionary of Quebec French)'', published in 1998. It has also contributed to other dictionaries, such as the ' (1988), the ', the ' (1999), and the ' (2001 to 2006 editions). Since the late 1990s, the TLFQ has led the international project '' (Panfrancophone lexicographic database)'' (BDLP), whose goal is to develop and bring together databases representative of the French used in

Francophonie The Francophonie or Francophone world is the whole body of people and organisations around the world who use the French language regularly for private or public purposes. The term was coined by Onésime Reclus in 1880 and became important a ...

member countries.

Members

Claude Poirier Claude Poirier (born October 26, 1938, in Montreal, Quebec) is a negotiator and crime reporter for the Quebec-based Canadian French-language television network TVA. He is best known for negotiating with suspects during hostage situations. Poiri ...

, director of research *

Myriam Côté Miriam () is a feminine given name recorded in Biblical Hebrew in the Book of Exodus as the name of the sister of Moses, the Miriam, prophetess Miriam. Spelling variants include French ''Myriam'', German ''Mirjam, Mirijam''; hypocoristic forms ...

, documentalist, responsible for training for the BDLP * Geneviève Joncas, researcher, lexicographer *

Jean-François Smith Jean-François () is a French given name. Notable people bearing the given name include: * Jean-François Carenco (born 1952), French politician * Jean-François Champollion (1790–1832), French Egyptologist * Jean-François Clervoy (born 1958), ...

, linguist, computer scientist and web master * Jacques Leclerc, linguist, associate member, responsible for the site ''L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde'' (language demographics and language policies worldwide)

Current projects

* Digitalization of the lexical database created by the TLFQ over some 20 years * The second edition of the ''Dictionnaire historique du français québécois'' * Annotated Timeline of Quebec French online * BDLP-Québec, the Québec section of the BDLP

Notes

External links

Web site of the TLFQ

Lexical Database of Quebec French

Web site of the BDLP

Dictionnaire historique du français québécois. (1998) Trésor de la langue française au Québec, directed by Claude Poirier
at the University of Ottawa {{DEFAULTSORT:Tresor De La Langue Francaise Au Quebec Quebec French