From oral to literate culture : colonial experience in the English West Indies / Peter A. Roberts.

By:

Roberts, Peter A

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

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9766400377
9789766400378
ISBN 976-640-037-7

Subject(s): Additional physical formats: From oral to literate culture.; From oral to literate culture.DDC classification:

427.009729 Ja Rob

Contents:

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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Books	National Library of Jamaica	Daphne Douglas Reading Room	427.009729 Ja Rob (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	1000000019913
Books	National Library of Jamaica	Daphne Douglas Reading Room	427.009729 Ja Rob (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	1000000118733
Books	National Library of Jamaica	Daphne Douglas Reading Room	427.009729 Ja Rob (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	1000000111202
Books	National Library of Jamaica	Daphne Douglas Reading Room	427.009729 Ja Rob (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	1000000102517
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