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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823561003321

Titolo

Variation in the Caribbean : from Creole continua to individual agency / / edited by Lars Hinrichs, Joseph T. Farquharson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2011

ISBN

1-282-97684-2

9786612976841

90-272-8739-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

vi, 276 p. : ill

Collana

Creole language library ; ; v. 37

Altri autori (Persone)

HinrichsLars

FarquharsonJoseph T

Disciplina

427/.9729

Soggetti

Creole dialects, English - Social aspects - Caribbean Area

Language and languages - Variation

Languages in contact

Sociolinguistics - Caribbean Area

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Variation and linguistic systems -- pt. 2. Variation and identity -- pt. 3. Variation and the community.

Sommario/riassunto

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 title collects the work in the field.