Exploring the boundaries of Caribbean Creole languages / edited by Hazel Simmons-McDonald and Ian Robertson.

Other author Simmons-McDonald, Hazel.
Other author Robertson, Ian.
Format Book
Publication InfoJamaica : UWIPress, 2006.
Descriptionxvi, 244 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Challenging the definition of Creole / Ian Robertson -- Tense and aspect in Belize Creole / Donald Winford -- Phonological signatures of Tobagonian speech in Trinidad and Tobago / Winford James -- On the status of Diphthongs in Jamaican: Mr. Vegas pronounces / Hubert Devonish -- The Use of the Vernacular in West Indian Education / Dennis Craig -- Vernacular instruction and bi-literacy development / Hazel Simmons-McDonald - Issues of face-saving in the pre-school classroom / Valerie Youssef -- Creole representation in the literary discourse: issues of linguistic and discourse analysis / Barbara Lalla -- Is the pain in your belly-bottom: extending the boundaries of Jamaican Creole to non-native users / Kathryn Shields-Brodber -- Asou Down-There: code-mixing in a bilingual community / Martha Isaac - Globalization and the language of Rastafari / Velma Pollard.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
ISBN976640187X
ISBN9789766401870

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PM7831 .E97 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold