From oral to literate culture : colonial experience in the English West Indies / Peter A. Roberts.
Publication details: Kingston, Jamaica : The Press University of the West Indies, 1997. 1A Aqueduct Flats, Kgn. 7Description: x, 301 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9766400377
- 9789766400378
- ISBN 976-640-037-7
- Geschichte
- Geschichte
- English language -- West Indies, British
- Written communication -- West Indies, British
- Language and culture -- West Indies, British
- Oral communication -- West Indies, British
- 18.04 English language
- British colonies
- English language
- Language and culture
- Oral communication
- Written communication
- Literatur
- M undliche Literatur
- Schriftlichkeit
- Englisch
- Mondeling taalgebruik
- Alfabetisme
- Engels
- English language - West Indies, English-speaking - History
- Creole dialects, English - West Indies, English-speaking
- Literacy - West Indies, English-speaking
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- America
- America
- West Indies -- British West Indies
- Westindien
- Englisch
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-295) and index.
An introduction to the language of West Indians -- Nonlinguistic methods of communication and transmission of information in the plantation slave society -- Aspects of oral culture in the slave population -- Political and social influences on the development of vernacular English -- Literate communication in the plantation slave society -- The rise of printing and publishing in the West Indies and its effects -- Intellectual and literary activity and its effects on literate English -- The rise of schools and their effect on English -- English language and literacy in the early schools --The legacy of colonial literacy in West Indies.
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