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Urban Bahamian Creole

Author : Stephanie Hackert
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027248923
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Urban Bahamian Creole written by Stephanie Hackert and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, a detailed empirical study of the creole English spoken in the Bahamian capital, Nassau, contributes to our understanding of both urban creoles and tense-aspect marking in creoles. The first part traces the development of a creole in the Bahamas via socio-demographic data and outlines its current status and functions vis-à-vis the standard in politics, the media, and education. The linguistic chapters combine typological and variationist methods to describe exhaustively a comprehensive grammatical subsystem, past temporal reference, offering a discourse-based approach to such controversial categories as the preverbal past marker. The quantitative analysis of variable past inflection, finally, tests not only well-known constraints, such as stativity or social class, but also ethnographically determined ones, such as narrative type. Its results are relevant not only to the study of Caribbean English-lexifier creoles and related varieties, such as African American English, but also to variation and change in urban dialects generally.

Urban Panamanian English

Author : Catherine Laliberté
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027249393
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Urban Panamanian English written by Catherine Laliberté and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2023-08-21 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban Panamanian English presents the first detailed account of the English used by the descendants of the Afro-Caribbean builders of the Panama Canal. It offers an up-to-date sociolinguistic account of the Panamanian West Indian community of Panama City and Colón, including empirical coverage of the advanced state of language shift taking place among bilinguals. The book also showcases spoken interview data and takes stock of the variety’s grammatical features. In particular, it provides an advanced quantitative study of variation in the use of verbal -s which contributes to longstanding discussions regarding the principles constraining this variable in Englishes world-wide. This work of documentation and description richly complements existing research on Panamanian Creole English and spotlights Panama as part and parcel of the English-speaking Caribbean. As such, this book is of interest to all scholars and students of language contact, variation, and change.

Structure and Variation in Language Contact

Author : Ana Deumert
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027252513
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Structure and Variation in Language Contact written by Ana Deumert and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a careful selection of fifteen articles presented at the SPCL meetings in Atlanta, Boston and Hawai'i in 2003 and 2004. The contributions reflect - from various perspectives and using different types of data - on the interplay between structure and variation in contact languages, both synchronically and diachronically. The contributors consider a wide range of languages, including Surinamese creoles, Chinook Jargon, Yiddish, AAVE, Haitian Creole, Afro-Hispanic and Afro-Portuguese varieties, Nigerian Pidgin, Sri Lankan Malay, Papiamentu, and Bahamian Creole English (Hackert). A need to question and test existing claims regarding pidginization/creolization is evident in all contributions, and the authors provide analyses for a variety of grammatical structures: VO-ordering and affixation, agglutination, negation, TMAs, plural marking, the copula, and serial verb constructions. The volume provides ample evidence for the observation that pidgin/creole studies is today a mature subfield of linguistics which is making important contributions to general linguistic theory.

Language Contact in Africa and the African Diaspora in the Americas

Author : Cecelia Cutler
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027265445
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Language Contact in Africa and the African Diaspora in the Americas by : Cecelia Cutler

Download or read book Language Contact in Africa and the African Diaspora in the Americas written by Cecelia Cutler and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language Contact in Africa and the African Diaspora in the Americas brings together the original research of nineteen leading scholars on language contact and pidgin/creole genesis. In recent decades, increasing attention has been paid to the role of historical, cultural and demographic factors in language contact situations. John Victor Singler’s body of work, a model of what such a research paradigm should look like, strikes a careful balance between sociohistorical and linguistic analysis. The case studies in this volume present investigations into the sociohistorical matrix of language contact and critical insights into the sociolinguistic consequences of language contact within Africa and the African Diaspora. Additionally, they contribute to ongoing debates about pidgin/creole genesis and language contact by examining and comparing analyses and linguistic outcomes of particular sociohistorical and cultural contexts, and considering less-studied factors such as speaker agency and identity in the emergence, nativization, and stabilization of contact varieties.

A Dictionary of Varieties of English

Author : Raymond Hickey
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470656417
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Varieties of English written by Raymond Hickey and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Dictionary of Varieties of English presents a comprehensive listing of the distinctive dialects and forms of English spoken throughout the contemporary world. Provides an invaluable introduction and guide to current research trends in the field Includes definitions both for the varieties of English and regions they feature, and for terms and concepts derived from a linguistic analysis of these varieties Explores important research issues including the transportation of dialects of English, the rise of ‘New Englishes’, sociolinguistic investigations of various English-speaking locales, and the study of language contact and change. Reflects our increased awareness of global forms of English, and the advances made in the study of varieties of the language in recent decades Creates an invaluable, informative resource for students and scholars alike, spanning the rich and diverse linguistic varieties of the most widely accepted language of international communication

Politeness and Face in Caribbean Creoles

Author : Susanne Mühleisen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 902729416X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Politeness and Face in Caribbean Creoles by : Susanne Mühleisen

Download or read book Politeness and Face in Caribbean Creoles written by Susanne Mühleisen and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2005-09-28 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Politeness and Face in Caribbean Creoles is the first collection to focus on socio-pragmatic issues in the Caribbean context, including the socio-cultural rules and principles underlying strategic language use. While the Caribbean has long been recognized as a rich and interesting site where cultural continuities meet with new "creolized" or innovative practices, questions of politeness practices, constructions of personhood, or the notion of face have so far been neglected in linguistic research on Caribbean Creoles. Drawing on linguistic politeness theory and Goffman's concept of face, eleven mostly fieldwork-based innovative contributions critically examine a range of topics, such as ritual insults, strategic use of "bad language", kiss-teeth, the performance of homophobic threats, greetings, address forms, advice-giving, socialization and discourse, parent-child discourse, register choice and communicative repertoire in the Caribbean context.

A Companion to the History of the English Language

Author : Haruko Momma
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470657936
Total Pages : 738 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book A Companion to the History of the English Language written by Haruko Momma and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-05-06 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to the History of the English Language addresses the linguistic, cultural, social, and literary approaches to language study. The first text to offer a complete survey of the field, this volume provides the most up-to-date insights of leading international scholars. An accessible reference to the history of the English language Comprises more than sixty essays written by leading international scholars Aids literature students in incorporating language study into their work Includes an historical survey of the English language, from its Germanic and Indo- European beginnings to modern British and American English Enriched with maps, diagrams, and illustrations from historical publications Introduces the latest scholarship in the field

The Americas and the Caribbean

Author : Edgar W. Schneider
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110208407
Total Pages : 833 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Americas and the Caribbean written by Edgar W. Schneider and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-12-10 with total page 833 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume gives a detailed overview of the varieties of English spoken in the Americas and the Caribbean, including regional, social and ethnic dialects (such as Southern US, Canadian or Chicano English) as well as Caribbean creoles from the Bahamas to Suriname. The chapters, written by widely acclaimed specialists, provide concise and comprehensive information on the phonological, morphological and syntactic characteristics of each variety discussed. The articles are followed by exercises and study questions. The exercises are geared towards students and can be used for classroom assignments as well as for self study in preparation for exams. Instructors can use the exercises, sound samples and interactive maps to enhance their classroom presentations and to highlight important language features.

Linguistic Variation in Jamaica

Author : Andrea Sand
Publisher : Gunter Narr Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783823349433
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book Linguistic Variation in Jamaica written by Andrea Sand and published by Gunter Narr Verlag. This book was released on 1999 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Variation, Versatility and Change in Sociolinguistics and Creole Studies

Author : John R. Rickford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107086132
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Variation, Versatility and Change in Sociolinguistics and Creole Studies written by John R. Rickford and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demonstrates how data, methods and theories from sociolinguistics and creole studies synergize and mutually benefit each subfield.

The Lesser-Known Varieties of English

Author : Daniel Schreier
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139487418
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book The Lesser-Known Varieties of English written by Daniel Schreier and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first ever volume to compile sociolinguistic and historical information on lesser-known, and relatively ignored, native varieties of English around the world. Exploring areas as diverse as the Pacific, South America, the South Atlantic and West Africa, it shows how these varieties are as much part of the big picture as major varieties and that their analysis is essential for addressing some truly important issues in linguistic theory, such as dialect obsolescence and death, language birth, dialect typology and genetic classification, patterns of diffusion and transplantation and contact-induced language change. It also shows how close interwoven fields such as social history, contact linguistics and variationist sociolinguistics are in accounting for their formation and maintenance, providing a thorough description of the lesser-known varieties of English and their relevance for language spread and change.

English in the Caribbean

Author : Dagmar Deuber
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139916300
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book English in the Caribbean written by Dagmar Deuber and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

English Historical Linguistics. Volume 2

Author : Alexander Bergs
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110251604
Total Pages : 1168 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Book Synopsis English Historical Linguistics. Volume 2 by : Alexander Bergs

Download or read book English Historical Linguistics. Volume 2 written by Alexander Bergs and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 1168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Modelling World Englishes

Author : Buschfeld Sarah Buschfeld
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474445896
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Modelling World Englishes written by Buschfeld Sarah Buschfeld and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-09 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together two types of varieties of English that have so far been treated separately: postcolonial and non-postcolonial Englishes. It examines these varieties of English against the backdrop of current World Englishes theory, with a special focus on the extra- and Intra-Territorial Forces (EIF) Model. Bringing together a range of distinguished researchers in the field, each chapter tests the validity of this new model, analyses a different variety of English and assesses it in relation to current models of World Englishes. In doing so, the book ends the long-standing conceptual gap between postcolonial and non-postcolonial Englishes and integrates these in a unified framework of World Englishes. Case studies examine English(es) in England, Namibia, the United Arab Emirates, India, Singapore, the Philippines, South Korea, Japan, Australia, North America, the Bahamans, Trinidad, Tristan da Cunha, St. Helena, Bermuda, and the Falkland Islands, Ireland, Gibraltar and Ghana.

The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture

Author : Michael B. Montgomery
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469616629
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture written by Michael B. Montgomery and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifth volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture explores language and dialect in the South, including English and its numerous regional variants, Native American languages, and other non-English languages spoken over time by the region's immigrant communities. Among the more than sixty entries are eleven on indigenous languages and major essays on French, Spanish, and German. Each of these provides both historical and contemporary perspectives, identifying the language's location, number of speakers, vitality, and sample distinctive features. The book acknowledges the role of immigration in spreading features of Southern English to other regions and countries and in bringing linguistic influences from Europe and Africa to Southern English. The fascinating patchwork of English dialects is also fully presented, from African American English, Gullah, and Cajun English to the English spoken in Appalachia, the Ozarks, the Outer Banks, the Chesapeake Bay Islands, Charleston, and elsewhere. Topical entries discuss ongoing changes in the pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar of English in the increasingly mobile South, as well as naming patterns, storytelling, preaching styles, and politeness, all of which deal with ways language is woven into southern culture.

Variation in the Caribbean

Author : Lars Hinrichs
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027287392
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Variation in the Caribbean written by Lars Hinrichs and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-26 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Language Issues in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Author : Paula Prescod
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027269009
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Language Issues in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines written by Paula Prescod and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2015-02-15 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection is a pioneer study of linguistic phenomena in St Vincent and the Grenadines, written by scholars who are both respected in their field of research and connected to the linguistic realities in the geographic area under investigation. This book covers the subfields of sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, ethnography, historical linguistics and syntax. It concentrates on mainland St Vincent and the Grenadine island of Bequia. The volume will appeal to a broad audience including not just specialists in linguistics but also teacher trainers and educators.