Author: Lawrence D. Carrington
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 9783110126259
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 644

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Author: Jones E. Mondesir
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110877260
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 641

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Volumes in the Trends in Linguistics. Documentation series focus on the presentation of linguistic data. The series addresses the sustained interest in linguistic descriptions, dictionaries, grammars and editions of under-described and hitherto undocumented languages. All world-regions and time periods are represented.

Author: Aonghas St-Hilaire
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027252629
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 333

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Can historically marginalized, threatened languages be saved in the contemporary global era? In relation to the wider postcolonial world, especially the Caribbean, this book focuses on efforts to preserve and promote Lesser Antillean French Creole – Kwéyòl – as the national language of Saint Lucia and on the legacy of colonialism and impact of globalization, with which English has become the universal lingua franca, as mitigating factors undermining these efforts. It deals specifically with language planning for democratization and government; literacy, the schools and higher education; and the mass media. It also examines changes in the status of and attitudes toward Kwéyòl, English and French since national independence and presents language planning implications from these changes and steps already undertaken to elevate Kwéyòl. The book offers new insight into globalization and its impact on linguistic pluralism, language planning, national development, Creole languages, and cultural identity in the Caribbean.

Author: Lawrence D. Carrington
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Creole dialects, French
Languages : crp
Pages : 208

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Author: Edward Mitchell
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443822086
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 501

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This new work brings together both reviews and critiques of current theories of creolization and provides new data from a sociolinguistic case study of speakers of St. Lucian French-lexifier Creole (Kwéyòl) on the island of St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. St. Lucian Kwéyòl has its origins in the 17th century after the French settled there in 1651 from Martinique with their slaves. In the following years, thousands more African slaves were imported. A rugged volcanic island with a roadless interior, St. Lucia provided a haven for runaway slaves (nègres marrons or maroons) from other islands. Buffeted by the forces of globalization and the continued impact of English, Kwéyòl continues to be widely-spoken on St. Lucia today. The crux of the book is the case study that examines Kwéyòl-speaking St. Lucians as a minority community on St. Croix where Kwéyòl is but one of numerous languages spoken, including Caribbean English, Crucian Creole, several other Caribbean Creole languages, Spanish, and Arabic. The collection of data and analytical attention are centered on questions of language choice, language attitudes, ethnolinguistic identity, and bilingualism. This book will be welcomed by students and researchers in linguistics, sociolinguistics, ethnolinguistics and anthropology with a special interest in Creole languages and linguistic minorities in multilingual speech communities.

Author: Lawrence D. Carrington
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Languages : en
Pages :

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Features a paper written by Ed Ford and Leonie St. Juste-Jean (Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.) This paper provides a brief introduction to the history of Saint Lucia. It includes a descriptive analysis of the St. Lucian French Creole and information on sociolinguistics aspects in Saint Lucia. Also includes language samples (written and digital audio samples.) In English.

Author: Edward Mitchell
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 9781443821476
Category : Creole dialects, French
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This new work brings together both reviews and critiques of current theories of creolization and provides new data from a sociolinguistic case study of speakers of St. Lucian French-lexifier Creole (KwÃ(c)yÃ2l) on the island of St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. St. Lucian KwÃ(c)yÃ2l has its origins in the 17th century after the French settled there in 1651 from Martinique with their slaves. In the following years, thousands more African slaves were imported. A rugged volcanic island with a roadless interior, St. Lucia provided a haven for runaway slaves (nègres marrons or maroons) from other islands. Buffeted by the forces of globalization and the continued impact of English, KwÃ(c)yÃ2l continues to be widely-spoken on St. Lucia today. The crux of the book is the case study that examines KwÃ(c)yÃ2l-speaking St. Lucians as a minority community on St. Croix where KwÃ(c)yÃ2l is but one of numerous languages spoken, including Caribbean English, Crucian Creole, several other Caribbean Creole languages, Spanish, and Arabic. The collection of data and analytical attention are centered on questions of language choice, language attitudes, ethnolinguistic identity, and bilingualism. This book will be welcomed by students and researchers in linguistics, sociolinguistics, ethnolinguistics and anthropology with a special interest in Creole languages and linguistic minorities in multilingual speech communities.

Author: Robert Vernon Vaughn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Creole dialects
Languages : cpf
Pages : 206

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Author: Mary W. Toynbee
Publisher:
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Category : Creole dialects, French
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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