Fernand Carton

{{Short description|French linguist (1921–2019)}} {{Infobox academic | name = Fernand Carton | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|09|04|df=yes}} | birth_place = Roubaix, France | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2019|11|16|1921|09|04}} | death_place = Malzéville, France | other_names = | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = |sub_discipline=Picard language|discipline=Linguist|workplaces={{Plainlist| * Nancy 2 University * University of Lorraine }}}} '''Fernand Carton''' (4 September 1921 – 16 November 2019) was a French linguist who specialized in Picardic dialects.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.estrepublicain.fr/edition-de-nancy-agglomeration/2019/11/18/carnet-de-deuil-fernand-carton|title=Carnet de deuil : Fernand Carton|date=17 November 2019|work=estrepublicain.fr|language=fr}}</ref>

==Biography== After passing the Agrégation de Lettres classiques exams in 1958,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rhe.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/?q=agregsecondaire_laureats&nom=&annee_op=%3D&annee%5Bvalue%5D=1958&annee%5Bmin%5D=&annee%5Bmax%5D=&periode=All&concours=7&items_per_page=10&page=2|title=Les agrégés de l'enseignement secondaire. Répertoire 1809-1960|date=March 2015|work=Ressources numériques en histoire de l'éducation|language=fr}}</ref> Carton published numerous articles in the field of phonetics. He became a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rsc-src.ca/en/search-fellows?page=15|title=Fellows Directory|work=Royal Society of Canada}}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://asso.nordnet.fr/paysdeferrain/lille/comite_picard.htm|title=Comité Régional Picard Nord-Pas-de-Calais|work=Pays de Ferrain|language=fr|access-date=2019-11-19|archive-date=2007-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830162050/http://asso.nordnet.fr/paysdeferrain/lille/comite_picard.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> and adapted the Feller-Carton dialect transcription system.<ref>{{cite book |last=Walter|first=Henriette|date=2008|title=Aventures et mésaventures des langues de France|location=Paris|publisher=Champion|isbn=2745323393}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carton, Fernand}} Category:Linguists from France Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Category:Academic staff of Nancy-Université Category:Academic staff of the University of Lorraine Category:1921 births Category:2019 deaths Category:Picard language