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CONTACT ENGLISHES OF THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN
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| By: |
Michael Aceto (Editor), Jeffrey P. Williams (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£101.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
9027248907 |
| ISBN 13: |
9789027248909 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING CO |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 2003 |
| Series: |
Varieties of English Around the World G30 |
| Pages: |
342 |
| Description: |
This volume focuses, via primary linguistic fieldwork, on the underrepresented and neglected area of the Anglophone Eastern Caribbean. Explored are all aspects of language study, including syntax, phonology, historical linguistics, dialectology, socioloinguistics, ethnography and performance. |
| Synopsis: |
Contact Englishes of the Eastern Caribbean is the first collection to focus, via primary linguistic fieldwork, on the underrepresented and neglected area of the Anglophone Eastern Caribbean. The following islands are included: The Virgin Islands (USA & British), Anguilla, Barbuda, Dominica, St. Lucia, Carriacou, Barbados, Trinidad, and Guyana. In an effort to be as inclusive as possible, the contiguous areas of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos islands (often considered part of North American Englishes) are also included. Papers in this volume explore all aspects of language study, including syntax, phonology, historical linguistics, dialectology, sociolinguistics, ethnography, and performance. It should be of interest not only to creolists but also to linguists, anthropologists, sociologists and educators either in the Caribbean itself or those who work with schoolchildren of West Indian descent. |
| Illustrations: |
index |
| Publication: |
Netherlands |
| Imprint: |
John Benjamins Publishing Co |
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Non-returnable |
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