Biography
Oliver Lacaze is a PhD student in Linguistics at Tulane who is originally from Mauritius, and speaks Mauritian Creole, French, and English. He earned a Bachelors in Modern Languages/Literature from Sorbonne Université (Paris, 2018-2021) and a Masters in Linguistics from Sorbonne Université (Paris, 2021-2023), with two MA theses (1st thesis: Mauritian Francophonie; 2nd thesis: Mauritian diglossias among the youths). His research interests include sociolinguistics (liguistic representations, language planning, multilingualism, dialectology, Francophonie), creolistics (especially French-based Creole languages). In his career, he has taught French Grammar (Sorbonne University, Spring 2022) and French 1010, 1020 (Tulane University, Fall 2022, Spring 2023 and 2025). Alongside Professor Klingler, Oliver conducted fieldwork on French in Louisiana (Spring 2023). He was also a member of the Brussels Centre for Language Studies research group (2023-2024).
Publication:
Lacaze, O. (2024). Analyse des diglossies mauriciennes : l’outil symbolique-réalité. Congrès Mondial de Linguistique Française 2024 (Lausanne).
https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202419102001