| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 276 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Creole language library ; v. 37
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Creole language library ; v. 37.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Variation in the Caribbean; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; Part I. Variation and linguistic systems; Revisiting variation between sa and o in Sranan; Inherent variability and coexistent systems; Putting individuals back in contact; Relative markers in spoken Standard Jamaican English; Part II. Variation and identity; "Flying at half-mast"? Voices, genres, and orthographies in Barbadian Creole; The creole continuum and individual agency; Language attitudes and linguistic awareness in Jamaican English; Part III. Variation and the community. |
| Summary |
The study of linguistic variation in the Caribbean has been central to the emergence of Pidgin and Creole Linguistics as an academic field. It has yielded influential theory, such as the (post- )creole continuum or the 'Acts of Identity' models, that has shaped sociolinguistics far beyond creole settings. This volume collects current work in the field and focuses on methodological and theoretical innovations that continue, expand, and update the dialog between Caribbean variation studies and general sociolinguistics. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Creole dialects, English -- Social aspects -- Caribbean Area.
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Creole dialects, English -- Social aspects. |
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Caribbean Area. |
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Creole dialects, English. |
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Language and languages -- Variation.
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Language and languages -- Variation. |
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Languages in contact.
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Languages in contact. |
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Sociolinguistics -- Caribbean Area.
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Sociolinguistics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hinrichs, Lars.
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Farquharson, Joseph T.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Variation in the Caribbean. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2011 9789027252593 (DLC) 2010043364 (OCoLC)670238300 |
| ISBN |
9789027287397 (electronic book) |
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9027287392 (electronic book) |
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9789027252593 |
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9027252599 |
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