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

Contributor(s): Kingston, Jamaica : UWI Press, c2006Description: xvi, 244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 976640187X (pbk.)
  • 9789766401870 (pbk.)
  • 9766401861 (cloth)
  • 9789766401863 (cloth)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PM7831 .E97 2006
Other classification:
  • 18.96
Contents:
The contribution of Pauline Christie to the study of linguistics in the Caribbean Robert Le Page -- "Memory of Mona" Frederic G. Cassidy -- 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 : French-Creole speakers Hazel Simmons-McDonald -- Issues of face-saving in the pre-school classroom Valerie Youssef -- Creole representation in 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.
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Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
West Indies Books and Pamphlets West Indies Books and Pamphlets Main Campus West Indies Collection West Indies Collection RBC/WIC 427.9729 EXP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 078767
West Indies Books and Pamphlets West Indies Books and Pamphlets Old Harbour Campus West Indies Collection West Indies Collection RBC/WIC 427.9729 EXP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 078766

"The work is dedicated to the distinguished Caribbean linguist Pauline Christie and celebrates her contribution to the study of linguistics in the Caribbean"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

The contribution of Pauline Christie to the study of linguistics in the Caribbean Robert Le Page -- "Memory of Mona" Frederic G. Cassidy -- 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 : French-Creole speakers Hazel Simmons-McDonald -- Issues of face-saving in the pre-school classroom Valerie Youssef -- Creole representation in 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.

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