Editing Joual (section)

== Origin of the name ==
Although coinage of the name ''joual'' is often attributed to [[French Canadian|French-Canadian]] journalist [[André Laurendeau]], who in October 1959 wrote an article in ''[[Le Devoir]]'' criticizing the quality of the French language spoken by French Canadian students, the usage of this term throughout French-speaking Canada likely predates this text.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Laurendeau |first=Paul |date=1987 |title=Trésor de la langue française au Québec (XXII) |url=https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/qf/1987-n67-qf1219140/45320ac/ |journal=Québec français |language=fr |issue=67 |pages=40–41 |issn=0316-2052}}</ref>

The actual word ''Joual'' is the representation of how the word ''cheval'' ([[Standard French]]: {{IPA|fr|ʃəval|}}, {{gloss|horse}}) is pronounced by those who speak ''Joual''. ("Horse" is used in a variation of the phrase {{lang|fr|parler français comme une vache}} {{gloss|to speak French like a cow}}, i.e. to speak French terribly; hence, a put-down of the Québécois dialect.) <!--''Cheval'' is usually pronounced as one syllable, {{IPA|[ʃval]}}, by all francophones in the [[Francophonie]].--> The weak [[schwa]] vowel {{IPA|[ə]}} disappeared. Then the [[Voiceless postalveolar fricative|voiceless]] {{IPA|[ʃ]}} was [[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]] to {{IPAblink|ʒ}}, thereby creating {{IPA|[ʒval]}}. Next, the {{IPA|[v]}} at the beginning of a syllable in some regional dialects of French or even in very rapid speech in general weakened to become the [[semi-vowel]] {{IPA|[w]}} written {{angbr|ou}}. The end result is the word {{IPA|[ʒwal]}} transcribed as ''Joual''.{{Citation needed|reason=there is no evidence of this|date=April 2013}}