Variation in the Caribbean - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Variation in the Caribbean write by Lars Hinrichs. This book was released on 2011-01-26. Variation in the Caribbean available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Playing with Languages
Playing with Languages - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Playing with Languages write by Amy L. Paugh. This book was released on 2012-09-01. Playing with Languages available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Dialects from Tropical Islands
Dialects from Tropical Islands - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dialects from Tropical Islands write by Wilfredo Valentin-Marquez. This book was released on 2019-10-22. Dialects from Tropical Islands available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Dialects from Tropical Islands: Caribbean Spanish in the United States provides a comprehensive account of current research on Caribbean Spanish in the United States from different theoretical perspectives and linguistic areas. This edited volume highlights current scholarship and linguistic analyses in four major areas relative to Caribbean Spanish in the United States: phonological and phonetic variation, morphosyntactic approaches, sociolinguistic perspectives, and heritage-language acquisition. This volume will be of interest to linguists and philologists who specialize in Spanish, Caribbean Spanish, Spanish in the United States, or in Romance languages in general.
The acrolect in Jamaica
The acrolect in Jamaica - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The acrolect in Jamaica write by G. Alison Irvine-Sobers . This book was released on 2018. The acrolect in Jamaica available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An ability to speak Jamaican Standard English is the stated requirement for any managerial or frontline position in corporate Jamaica. This research looks at the phonological variation that occurs in the formal speech of this type of employee, and focuses on the specific cohort chosen to represent Jamaica in interactions with local and international clients. The variation that does emerge, shows both the presence of some features traditionally characterized as Creole and a clear avoidance of other features found in basilectal and mesolectal Jamaican. Some phonological items are prerequisites for “good English” - variables that define the user as someone who speaks English - even if other Creole variants are present. The ideologies of language and language use that Jamaican speakers hold about “good English” clearly reflect the centuries-old coexistence of English and Creole, and suggest local norms must be our starting point for discussing the acrolect.
English in the Caribbean
English in the Caribbean - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook English in the Caribbean write by Dagmar Deuber. This book was released on 2014. English in the Caribbean available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An in-depth study of English as spoken in two major anglophone Caribbean territories, Jamaica and Trinidad.
