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Issues in English Creoles

Author : Richard R. Day
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 3872762451
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (727 download)

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Download or read book Issues in English Creoles written by Richard R. Day and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this volume is to make more accessible, for the use of researchers and students in the field of pidgins and creoles, presentations of the third International Conference on Pidgins and Creoles in Honolulu, 1975, dealing with English-based creoles. Aside from their documentary value, the ten papers of this volume are of interest for several reasons: they contain interesting data and observations on the languages themselves, in particular Trinidadian Creole, Guyanese Creole, St. Kitts Creole, and Bahamian English. Additionally, the contributions are significant for the insights they have into the importance of variation, a topic which must be confronted by those who investigate pidgins and creoles. Apart from Bickerton s paper dealing with universals, the papers are presented according to the geographic area where the linguistic systems are used.

Issues in English Creoles

Author : Rita Day
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 902728671X
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Issues in English Creoles written by Rita Day and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this volume is to make more accessible, for the use of researchers and students in the field of pidgins and creoles, presentations of the third International Conference on Pidgins and Creoles in Honolulu, 1975, dealing with English-based creoles. Aside from their documentary value, the ten papers of this volume are of interest for several reasons: they contain interesting data and observations on the languages themselves, in particular Trinidadian Creole, Guyanese Creole, St. Kitts Creole, and Bahamian English. Additionally, the contributions are significant for the insights they have into the importance of variation, a topic which must be confronted by those who investigate pidgins and creoles. Apart from Bickerton’s paper dealing with universals, the papers are presented according to the geographic area where the linguistic systems are used.

Dialects, Englishes, Creoles, and Education

Author : Shondel J. Nero
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135621470
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Dialects, Englishes, Creoles, and Education written by Shondel J. Nero and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together a multiplicity of voices--both theoretical and practical--on the complex politics, challenges, and strategies of educating students--in North America and worldwide--who are speakers of diverse or nonstandard varieties of English, creoles, and hybrid varieties of English, such as African American Vernacular English, Caribbean Creole English, Tex Mex, West African Pidgin English, and Indian English, among others. The number of such students is increasing as a result of the spread of English, internal and global migration, and increased educational access. Dialects, Englishes, Creoles, and Education offers: *a sociohistorical perspective on language spread and variation; *analysis of related issues such as language attitudes, identities, and prescribed versus actual language use; and *practical suggestions for pedagogy. Pedagogical features: Key points at the beginning of each chapter help focus the reader and provide a framework for reading, writing, reflection, and discussion; chapter-end questions for discussion and reflective writing engage and challenge the ideas presented and encourage a range of approaches in dealing with language diversity. Collectively, the chapters in this volume invite educators, researchers, and students, across the fields of TESOL, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, English, literacy, and language education, to begin to consider and adopt context-specific policies and practices that will improve the language development and academic performance of linguistically diverse students.

Issues in the Study of Pidgin and Creole Languages

Author : Claire Lefebvre
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027281858
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Issues in the Study of Pidgin and Creole Languages by : Claire Lefebvre

Download or read book Issues in the Study of Pidgin and Creole Languages written by Claire Lefebvre and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2004-02-26 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The content of this book is concerned with various issues at stake in Creole studies that are also of interest for general linguistics. These include the general issue of Creole genesis and of the accelerated linguistic change that characterizes the emergence of these languages as compared to ordinary cases of linguistic change, the problem of the development of morphology in incipient Creoles, the problem of the validity of data in linguistic analysis, the issue of multifunctionality as regards the concept of lexical entry, the question of whether Creole languages are semantically more transparent than languages not known as Creoles, the issue of whether Creole languages constitute a typologically identifiable class and the problem of the interaction between the processes involved in the emergence and development of Creole languages. The purpose of this book is to present the major debates that are currently taking place in the field of Creole studies; evaluate the arguments against data (mainly drawn from Haitian Creole); and address the issues at stake within the framework of new paradigms. The various positions on each issue are summarized on the basis of a thorough review of the literature.

The West Indian Language Issue in British Schools (1979)

Author : Viv Edwards
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351399683
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book The West Indian Language Issue in British Schools (1979) written by Viv Edwards and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1979. The performance of West Indian children in British schools has been the subject of enquiries by both a parliamentary select committee and the Department of Education. It is widely believed that an important factor in the relative failure of West Indian children is the language they use, West Indian Creole, and while teachers and others who work with them are aware that their language is often very different from British English, they seldom understand the nature of the differences, or their implications. The aim of this book is to provide the non-specialist with an account of the language of West Indian children and to examine how linguistic ‘interference’ can affect their level of reading, writing and understanding, even when they have been born in Britain. It also considers the worrying possibility that negative attitudes towards them and their language may have an adverse effect on their motivation to learn standard English. Viv Edwards places great stress on the fact that, although Creole is different from British English, it is in no way deficient as a language. She emphasizes the importance of familiarity with the structure of Creole, since it is only in this way that the teachers can discriminate between real mistakes and Creole ‘interference’. Attention is drawn to the relationship between language attitudes and social stereotypes and the danger that these might be translated into reality. Different strategies available to the teacher are examined, drawing on American experience in this field, and various initiatives taken by British teachers are described, thus making the study a work of practical value to teachers and others.

Language Change and Language Contact in Pidgins and Creoles

Author : John McWhorter
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 902729948X
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Language Change and Language Contact in Pidgins and Creoles by : John McWhorter

Download or read book Language Change and Language Contact in Pidgins and Creoles written by John McWhorter and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2000-05-15 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book collects a selection of fifteen papers presented at three meetings of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics in 1996 and 1997. The focus is on papers which approach issues in creole studies with novel perspectives, address understudied pidgin and creole varieties, or compellingly argue for controversial positions. The papers demonstrate how pidgins and creoles shed light on issues such as verb movement, contact-induced language change and its gradations, discourse management via tense-aspect particles, language genesis, substratal transfer, and Universal Grammar, and cover a wide range of contact languages, ranging from English- and French-based creoles through Portuguese creoles of Africa and Asia, Sango, Popular Brazilian Portuguese, West African Pidgin Englishes, and Hawaiian Creole English.

Issues in English Creoles

Author : Richard R. Day
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783872762450
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Issues in English Creoles written by Richard R. Day and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Creoles in Education

Author : Bettina Migge
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027252580
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Creoles in Education written by Bettina Migge and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a first survey of projects from around the world that seek to implement Creole languages in education. In contrast to previous works, this volume takes a holistic approach. Chapters discuss the sociolinguistic, educational and ideological context of projects, policy developments and project implementation, development and evaluation. It compares different kinds of educational activities focusing on Creoles and discusses a list of procedures that are necessary for successfully developing, evaluating and reforming educational activities that aim to integrate Creole languages in a viable and sustainable manner into formal education. The chapters are written by practitioners and academics involved in educational projects. They serve as a resource for practitioners, academics and persons wishing to devise or adapt educational initiatives. It is suitable for use in upper level undergraduate and post-graduate modules dealing with language and education with a focus on lesser used languages.

An Introduction to Pidgins and Creoles

Author : John Holm
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521585811
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (858 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Pidgins and Creoles written by John Holm and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clear and concise introduction to the study of how new languages come into being.

Creole Studies – Phylogenetic Approaches

Author : Peter Bakker
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027265739
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Creole Studies – Phylogenetic Approaches by : Peter Bakker

Download or read book Creole Studies – Phylogenetic Approaches written by Peter Bakker and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2017-05-31 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book launches a new approach to creole studies founded on phylogenetic network analysis. Phylogenetic approaches offer new visualisation techniques and insights into the relationships between creoles and non-creoles, creoles and other contact varieties, and between creoles and lexifier languages. With evidence from creole languages in Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific, the book provides new perspectives on creole typology, cross-creole comparisons, and creole semantics. The book offers an introduction for newcomers to the fields of creole studies and phylogenetic analysis. Using these methods to analyse a variety of linguistic features, both structural and semantic, the book then turns to explore old and new questions and problems in creole studies. Original case studies explore the differences and similarities between creoles, and propose solutions to the problems of how to classify creoles and how they formed and developed. The book provides a fascinating glimpse into the unity and heterogeneity of creoles and the areal influences on their development. It also provides metalinguistic discussions of the “creole” concept from different perspectives. Finally, the book reflects critically on the findings and methods, and sets new agendas for future studies. Creole Studies has been written for a broad readership of scholars and students in the fields of contact linguistics, biolinguistics, sociolinguistics, language typology, and semantics.

Education Issues in Creole and Creole-influenced Vernacular Contexts

Author : Ian E. Robertson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789766404710
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (47 download)

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Book Synopsis Education Issues in Creole and Creole-influenced Vernacular Contexts by : Ian E. Robertson

Download or read book Education Issues in Creole and Creole-influenced Vernacular Contexts written by Ian E. Robertson and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Creoles, Contact, and Language Change

Author : Geneviève Escure
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027295085
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Creoles, Contact, and Language Change by : Geneviève Escure

Download or read book Creoles, Contact, and Language Change written by Geneviève Escure and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2004-10-13 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains a selection of fifteen papers presented at three consecutive meetings of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics, held in Washington, D.C. (January 2001); Coimbra, Portugal (June 2001); and San Francisco (January 2002). The fifteen articles offer a balanced sampling of creolists’ current research interests. All of the contributions address questions directly relevant to pidgin/creole studies and other contact languages. The majority of papers address issues of morphology or syntax. Some of the contributions make use of phonological analysis while others study language development from the point of view of acquisition. A few papers examine discourse strategies and style, or broader issues of social and ethnic identity. While this array of topics and perspectives is reflective of the diversity of the field, there is also much common ground in that all of the papers adduce solid data corpora to support their analyses. The range of languages analyzed spans the planet, as approximately twenty contact varieties are studied in this volume.

Recent Language Policy Related Developments and Issues in the English-based Creole Areas of the Caribbean

Author : John R. Rickford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (27 download)

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Book Synopsis Recent Language Policy Related Developments and Issues in the English-based Creole Areas of the Caribbean by : John R. Rickford

Download or read book Recent Language Policy Related Developments and Issues in the English-based Creole Areas of the Caribbean written by John R. Rickford and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Language Change and Language Contact in Pidgins and Creoles

Author : John H. McWhorter
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789027252432
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (524 download)

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Book Synopsis Language Change and Language Contact in Pidgins and Creoles by : John H. McWhorter

Download or read book Language Change and Language Contact in Pidgins and Creoles written by John H. McWhorter and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book collects a selection of fifteen papers presented at three meetings of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics in 1996 and 1997. The focus is on papers which approach issues in creole studies with novel perspectives, address understudied pidgin and creole varieties, or compellingly argue for controversial positions. The papers demonstrate how pidgins and creoles shed light on issues such as verb movement, contact-induced language change and its gradations, discourse management via tense-aspect particles, language genesis, substratal transfer, and Universal Grammar, and cover a wide range of contact languages, ranging from English- and French-based creoles through Portuguese creoles of Africa and Asia, Sango, Popular Brazilian Portuguese, West African Pidgin Englishes, and Hawaiian Creole English.

The Emergence of Pidgin and Creole Languages

Author : Jeff Siegel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199216665
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Book Synopsis The Emergence of Pidgin and Creole Languages by : Jeff Siegel

Download or read book The Emergence of Pidgin and Creole Languages written by Jeff Siegel and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-02-28 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the emergence of pidgins and creoles and the controversies surrounding current theories about them. Among the questions considered are why their grammars are simple, at the pidgin-creole-postcreole life cycle, and the causes of grammatical innovation. The analysis is supported with detailed examples and case studies.

Creole Discourse

Author : Susanne Mühleisen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027296332
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Creole Discourse written by Susanne Mühleisen and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2002-11-18 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creole languages are characteristically associated with a negative image. How has this prestige been formed? And is it as static as the diglossic situation in many anglo-creolophone societies seems to suggest? This volume examines socio-historical and epistemological factors in the prestige formation of Caribbean English-Lexicon Creoles and subjects their classification as a (socio)linguistic type to scrutiny and critical debate. In its analysis of rich empirical data this study also demonstrates that the uses, functions and negotiations of Creole within particular social and linguistic practices have shifted considerably. Rather than limiting its scope to one "national" speech community, the discussion focusses on changes of the social meaning of Creole in various discursive fields, such as inter generational changes of Creole use in the London Diaspora, diachronic changes of Creole representation in written texts, and diachronic changes of Creole representation in translation. The study employs a discourse analytical approach drawing on linguistic models as well as Foucauldian theory.

A Comprehensive and Comparative Grammar of English Creoles

Author : Anand Syea
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000996824
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book A Comprehensive and Comparative Grammar of English Creoles written by Anand Syea and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-11-27 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Comprehensive and Comparative Grammar of English Creoles provides a detailed, comprehensive description of the morphology, grammar, and syntax of a selected number of English creoles, including those spoken on both sides of the Atlantic and the Pacific. This book: • Focuses on a number of traditional grammatical categories to provide a comprehensive description and discussion of these languages; • Identifies not only how creoles differ from their lexifier, but also how they differ from one another; • Provides effective comparative descriptions to enable an insightful understanding of language evolution. This book will be ideal supplementary reading for students and researchers of linguistics, and will particularly appeal to those with an interest in descriptive linguistics, historical linguistics, World Englishes, contact and creole linguistics, and language policy and planning.