Contact Englishes of the Eastern Caribbean / edited by Michael Aceto, Jeffrey P. Williams.
| Other author | Aceto, Michael. |
| Other author | Williams, Jeffrey P. (Jeffrey Payne), 1958- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2003. |
| Description | xx, 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Series | Varieties of English around the world, 0172-7362 ; v. G30 Varieties of English around the world. General series v. 30. ^A521996 |
| Contents | Introduction / Michael Aceto and Jeffrey P. Williams -- Defining ethnic varieties in the Bahamas : phonological accommodation in black and white enclave communities / Becky Childs, Jeffrey Reaser, and Walt Wolfram -- The grammatical features of TMA auxiliaries in Bahamian Creole / Helean McPhee -- English in the Turks and Caicos islands: a look at Grand Turk / Cecilia Cutler -- Language variety in the Virgin Islands : plural markings / Robin Sabino, Mary Diamond, and Leah Cockcroft. |
| Contents | The establishment and perpetuation of Anglophone white enclave communities in the Eastern Caribbean : the case of Island Harbor, Anguilla / Jeffrey P. Williams -- What are Creole languages? An alternative approach to the Anglophone Atlantic world with special emphasis on Barbudan Creole English / Michael Aceto -- Language variation and language use among teachers in Dominica / Beverley Bryan and Rosalind Burnette -- An "English Creole" that isn't : on the sociohistorical origins and linguistic classification of the vernacular English in St. Lucia / Paul B. Garrett. |
| Contents | The Carriacou Shakespeare Mas' : linguistic creativity in a Creole community / Joan M. Fayer -- Creole English on Carriacou : a sketch and some implications / Ronald Kephart -- Barbadian lects : beyond Meso / Gerard Van Herk -- Eastern Caribbean suprasegmental systems : a comparative view, with particular reference to Barbadian, Trinidadian, and Guyanese / David Sutcliffe. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-315) and index. |
| LCCN | 2002033021 |
| ISBN | 9027248907 (Eur. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1588113639 (US hb : alk. paper) |