Contact Englishes of the Eastern Caribbean / / edited by Michael Aceto, Jeffrey P. Williams

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828411403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c2003
• ISBN: 1-282-16123-7; 9786612161230; 90-272-9650-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (342 pages)
• Collana: Varieties of English around the world, , 0172-7362 ; ; v. G30
• Altri autori (Persone): AcetoMichael; WilliamsJeffrey P <1958-> (Jeffrey Payne)
• Disciplina: 427/.9729
• Soggetti: English language - Caribbean Area; English language - Variation - Caribbean Area; Creole dialects, English - Caribbean Area; Languages in contact - Caribbean Area; Caribbean Area Languages
• 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 index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contact Englishes of the Eastern Caribbean -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Dedication page -- Contents -- Map: The Caribbean Basin -- Preface -- Introduction -- Notes -- Defining ethnic varieties in the Bahamas -- Conclusions -- Notes -- The grammatical features of TMA auxiliaries in Bahamian Creole -- Notes -- English in the Turks and Caicos Islands -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Appendix 1 -- Language variety in the Virgin Islands -- Conclusions -- Notes -- The establishment and perpetuation of Anglophone white enclave communities in the Eastern Caribbean -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- What are Creole languages? -- Notes -- Language variation and language use among teachers in Dominica -- Concluding remarks -- Appendix -- An "English Creole" that isn't -- Conclusion -- Notes -- The Carriacou Shakespeare Mas' -- Notes -- Creole English on Carriacou -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Barbadian lects -- Notes -- Eastern Caribbean suprasegmental systems -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Index -- The series VARIETIES OF ENGLISH AROUND THE ; WORLD (VEAW).
• Sommario/riassunto: Contact Englishes of the Eastern Caribbean is the first collection to focus, via primary linguistic fieldwork, on the underrepresented and neglected area of the Anglophone Eastern Caribbean. The following islands are included: The Virgin Islands (USA & British), Anguilla, Barbuda, Dominica, St. Lucia, Carriacou, Barbados, Trinidad, and Guyana. In an effort to be as inclusive as possible, the contiguous areas of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos islands (often considered part of North American Englishes) are also included. Papers in this volume explore all aspects of language study, including syntax, phonology, historical linguistics, dialectology, sociolinguistics, ethnography, and performance. It should be of interest not only to creolists but also to linguists, anthropologists, sociologists and educators either in the Caribbean itself or those who work with schoolchildren of West Indian descent.