Studies In Caribbean Language Ii
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Author |
: Amy L. Paugh |
Publisher |
: Berghahn Books |
Total Pages |
: 264 |
Release |
: 2012-09-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780857457615 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0857457616 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis Playing with Languages by : Amy L. Paugh
Over several generations villagers of Dominica have been shifting from Patwa, an Afro-French creole, to English, the official language. Despite government efforts at Patwa revitalization and cultural heritage tourism, rural caregivers and teachers prohibit children from speaking Patwa in their presence. Drawing on detailed ethnographic fieldwork and analysis of video-recorded social interaction in naturalistic home, school, village and urban settings, the study explores this paradox and examines the role of children and their social worlds. It offers much-needed insights into the study of language socialization, language shift and Caribbean children’s agency and social lives, contributing to the burgeoning interdisciplinary study of children’s cultures. Further, it demonstrates the critical role played by children in the transmission and transformation of linguistic practices, which ultimately may determine the fate of a language.
Author |
: Sally Delgado |
Publisher |
: Language Science Press |
Total Pages |
: 340 |
Release |
: 2019 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783961101511 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3961101515 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ship English by : Sally Delgado
This book presents evidence in support of the hypothesis that Ship English of the early Atlantic colonial period was a distinct variety with characteristic features. It is motivated by the recognition that late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth century sailors’ speech was potentially an influential variety in nascent creoles and English varieties of the Caribbean, yet few academic studies have attempted to define the characteristics of this speech. Therefore, the two principal aims of this study were, firstly, to outline the socio-demographics of the maritime communities and examine how variant linguistic features may have developed and spread among these communities, and, secondly, to generate baseline data on the characteristic features of Ship English. The methodology’s data collection strategy targeted written representations of sailors’ speech prepared or published between the dates 1620 and 1750, and prioritized documents that were composed by working mariners. These written representations were then analyzed following a mixed methods triangulation design that converged the qualitative and quantitative data to determine plausible interpretations of the most likely spoken forms. Findings substantiate claims that there was a distinct dialect of English that was spoken by sailors during the period of early English colonial expansion. They also suggest that Ship English was a sociolect formed through the mixing, leveling and simplification processes of koinization. Indicators suggest that this occupation-specific variety stabilized and spread in maritime communities through predominantly oral speech practices and strong affiliations among groups of sailors. It was also transferred to port communities and sailors’ home regions through regular contact between sailors speaking this sociolect and the land-based service-providers and communities that maintained and supplied the fleets. Linguistic data show that morphological characteristics of Ship English are evident at the word-level, and syntactic characteristics are evident not only in phrase construction but also at the larger clause and sentence levels, whilst discourse is marked by characteristic patterns of subordination and culture-specific interjection patterns. The newly-identified characteristics of Ship English detailed here provide baseline data that may now serve as an entry point for scholars to integrate this language variety into the discourse on dialect variation in Early Modern English period and the theories on pidgin and creole genesis as a result of language contact in the early colonial period.
Author |
: Pauline Christie |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 356 |
Release |
: 1998 |
ISBN-10 |
: UTEXAS:059173012595001 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis Studies in Caribbean Language II by : Pauline Christie
Author |
: Salikoko Mufwene |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 650 |
Release |
: 2022-06-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1009098632 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781009098632 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Cambridge Handbook of Language Contact by : Salikoko Mufwene
Language contact - the linguistic and social outcomes of two or more languages coming into contact with each other - starts with the emergence of multilingual populations. Multilingualism involving plurilingualism can have various consequences beyond borrowing, interference, and code-mixing and -switching, including the emergence of lingua francas and new language varieties, as well as language endangerment and loss. Bringing together contributions from an international team of scholars, this Handbook - the second in a two-volume set - engages the reader with the manifold aspects of multilingualism and provides state-of-the-art research on the impact of population structure on language contact. It begins with an introduction that presents the history of the scholarship on the subject matter. The chapters then cover various processes and theoretical issues associated with multilingualism embedded in specific population structures worldwide as well as their outcomes. It is essential reading for anybody interested in how people behave linguistically in multilingual or multilectal settings.
Author |
: Lars Hinrichs |
Publisher |
: John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 284 |
Release |
: 2011-01-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789027287397 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9027287392 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis Variation in the Caribbean by : Lars Hinrichs
The study of linguistic variation in the Caribbean has been central to the emergence of Pidgin and Creole Linguistics as an academic field. It has yielded influential theory, such as the (post-)creole continuum or the 'Acts of Identity' models, that has shaped sociolinguistics far beyond creole settings. This volume collects current work in the field and focuses on methodological and theoretical innovations that continue, expand, and update the dialog between Caribbean variation studies and general sociolinguistics.
Author |
: Lars Hinrichs |
Publisher |
: John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 285 |
Release |
: 2011 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789027252593 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9027252599 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Variation in the Caribbean by : Lars Hinrichs
The study of linguistic variation in the Caribbean has been central to the emergence of Pidgin and Creole Linguistics as an academic field. It has yielded influential theory, such as the (post-)creole continuum or the 'Acts of Identity' models, that has shaped sociolinguistics far beyond creole settings. This volume collects current work in the field and focuses on methodological and theoretical innovations that continue, expand, and update the dialog between Caribbean variation studies and general sociolinguistics.
Author |
: Eleanor J. Blair |
Publisher |
: IAP |
Total Pages |
: 581 |
Release |
: 2021-03-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781648024115 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1648024114 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Handbook on Caribbean Education by : Eleanor J. Blair
This book brings together leading scholars of Caribbean education from around the world. Schooling continues to hold a special place both as a means to achieve social mobility and as a mechanism for supporting the economy of Caribbean nations. In this book, the Caribbean includes the Greater and Lesser Antilles. The Greater Antilles is made up of the five larger islands (and six countries) of the northern Caribbean, including the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Puerto Rico, and Jamaica. The Lesser Antilles includes the Windward and Leeward Islands which are inclusive of Barbados, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago along with several other islands. Each chapter provides a unique perspective on the various social and cultural issues that define Caribbean education and schooling. The Handbook on Caribbean Education fills a void in the literature and documents the important research being done throughout the Caribbean. Creating a space where Caribbean voices are a part of “international” discussions about 21st century global matters and concerns is an important contribution of this work.
Author |
: Ryan Durgasingh |
Publisher |
: Springer Nature |
Total Pages |
: 366 |
Release |
: |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783031450471 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3031450477 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis Caribbean Discourses by : Ryan Durgasingh
Author |
: Jeannette Allsopp |
Publisher |
: University of West Indies Press |
Total Pages |
: 178 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9768125926 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789768125927 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis Language, Culture and Caribbean Identity by : Jeannette Allsopp
This timely and insightful publication, thought-provoking and highly educational, is dedicated to the memory of outstanding Caribbean linguist, Richard Allsopp. The contributors, many of them leading authorities on language variation in the Caribbean, explore various aspects of language, culture and identity in the region, focusing on themes that engaged Allsopp in his lifetime: Creole linguistics, Caribbean lexicography, language in folklore and religion, literature, music and dance, and language issues in Caribbean schools."This landmark tribute to the Caribbean's pioneering lexicographer brings together contributions that span the encyclopaedic interests that Richard Allsopp would have pursued in his journey through Caribbean English usage. The volume is at once provocative and informative - an excellent read for both the specialist linguistic scholar and the curious layman." --Lawrence D. Carrington, Emeritus Professor of Creole Linguistics, University of the West Indies"This anthology offers a refreshing and novel look at the linguistic and cultural practices of Caribbean societies, from the perspective of leading Caribbean scholars. Its coverage ranges from linguistic analysis, to lexicography, to folklore and religion, the arts and literature, and issues of language policy in education. Every contribution provides fresh insights, and together they constitute a treasure trove of new scholarship that celebrates the great legacy of the Caribbeanist par excellence, Richard Allsopp. The book will be compulsory reading for all students of the Caribbean." --Donald Winford, Professor of Linguistics, Ohio State University, and Editor, Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Author |
: Dagmar Deuber |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 301 |
Release |
: 2014-04-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781139916301 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1139916300 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis English in the Caribbean by : Dagmar Deuber
This book presents an in-depth study of English as spoken in two major anglophone Caribbean territories, Jamaica and Trinidad. Based on data from the International Corpus of English, it focuses on variation at the morphological and syntactic level between the educated standard and more informal educated spoken usage. Dagmar Deuber combines quantitative analyses across several text categories with qualitative analyses of transcribed text passages that are grounded in interactional sociolinguistics and recent approaches to linguistic style and identity. The discussion is situated in the context of variation in the Caribbean and the wider context of world Englishes, and the sociolinguistic background of Jamaica and Trinidad is also explored. This volume will be of interest to students and researchers interested in the fields of sociolinguistics, world Englishes, and language contact.