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Variation in the Caribbean From creole continua to individual agency

Hinrichs Lars Farquharson Joseph T.
Innbundet / 2011 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9789027252593
Published
2011-01-26
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John Benjamins Publishing Co
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665 gr
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245 mm
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164 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
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Engelsk
Format
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Innbundet
Number of pages
284

Edited by
Hinrichs Lars
Farquharson Joseph T.

Variation in the Caribbean From creole continua to individual agency

Hinrichs Lars Farquharson Joseph T.
Innbundet / 2011 / Engelsk
Hinrichs Lars Farquharson Joseph T.
Innbundet / 2011 / Engelsk
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This is an important book that scholars and their students working within both the world Englishes and Creole Studies frameworks will find very useful.

- Walter F. Edwards, Wayne State University, in World Englishes 33(3): 416-418, 2014,

This volume offers fresh and exciting insights into one of the hotspots of English around the world. It is a must-read for anyone interested in contact linguistics at large and language variation in the Caribbean in particular - highly recommended!

- Daniel Schreier, University of Zurich,

This important volume stands out by being both focused and far-reaching in its treatment of variation in pidgin and creole languages. With this edited volume, Hinrichs and Farquharson revivify the central role of variation in creole studies. They do so by bringing dominant strands of current work in quantitative sociolinguistics to bear on creole languages, namely the role of variation in contact linguistics and likewise the role of variation in the study of language and identity. Several articles in the volume aptly expand the social realm of creole studies by focusing on creole societies in diaspora.

- John V. Singler, New York University,

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.
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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.
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1. Introduction (by Hinrichs, Lars); 2. Part I. Variation and linguistic systems; 3. Revisiting variation between sa and o in Sranan (by Winford, Donald); 4. Inherent variability and coexistent systems: Negation in Bequia (by Walker, James A.); 5. Putting individuals back in contact: Accommodation strategies by Barbadians in Ipswich (by Brana-Straw, Michelle C.); 6. Relative markers in spoken Standard Jamaican English (by Gut, Ulrike); 7. Part II. Variation and identity; 8. "Flying at half-mast"? Voices, genres, and orthographies in Barbadian Creole* (by Fenigsen, Janina); 9. The creole continuum and individual agency: Approaches to stylistic variation in Jamaica (by Deuber, Dagmar); 10. Language attitudes and linguistic awareness in Jamaican English (by Sand, Andrea); 11. Part III. Variation and the community; 12. The varilingual repertoire of Tobagonian speakers (by Youssef, Valerie); 13. On the emergence of new language varieties: The case of the Eastern Maroon Creole in French Guiana (by Migge, Bettina); 14. 'Creole' and youth language in a British inner-city community (by Dray, Susan); 15. Le Page's theoretical and applied legacy in sociolinguistics and creole studies (by Rickford, John R.); 16. Name index; 17. Subject index
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This is an important book that scholars and their students working within both the world Englishes and Creole Studies frameworks will find very useful.

- Walter F. Edwards, Wayne State University, in World Englishes 33(3): 416-418, 2014,

This volume offers fresh and exciting insights into one of the hotspots of English around the world. It is a must-read for anyone interested in contact linguistics at large and language variation in the Caribbean in particular - highly recommended!

- Daniel Schreier, University of Zurich,

This important volume stands out by being both focused and far-reaching in its treatment of variation in pidgin and creole languages. With this edited volume, Hinrichs and Farquharson revivify the central role of variation in creole studies. They do so by bringing dominant strands of current work in quantitative sociolinguistics to bear on creole languages, namely the role of variation in contact linguistics and likewise the role of variation in the study of language and identity. Several articles in the volume aptly expand the social realm of creole studies by focusing on creole societies in diaspora.

- John V. Singler, New York University,

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.
Read more
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.
Read more
1. Introduction (by Hinrichs, Lars); 2. Part I. Variation and linguistic systems; 3. Revisiting variation between sa and o in Sranan (by Winford, Donald); 4. Inherent variability and coexistent systems: Negation in Bequia (by Walker, James A.); 5. Putting individuals back in contact: Accommodation strategies by Barbadians in Ipswich (by Brana-Straw, Michelle C.); 6. Relative markers in spoken Standard Jamaican English (by Gut, Ulrike); 7. Part II. Variation and identity; 8. "Flying at half-mast"? Voices, genres, and orthographies in Barbadian Creole* (by Fenigsen, Janina); 9. The creole continuum and individual agency: Approaches to stylistic variation in Jamaica (by Deuber, Dagmar); 10. Language attitudes and linguistic awareness in Jamaican English (by Sand, Andrea); 11. Part III. Variation and the community; 12. The varilingual repertoire of Tobagonian speakers (by Youssef, Valerie); 13. On the emergence of new language varieties: The case of the Eastern Maroon Creole in French Guiana (by Migge, Bettina); 14. 'Creole' and youth language in a British inner-city community (by Dray, Susan); 15. Le Page's theoretical and applied legacy in sociolinguistics and creole studies (by Rickford, John R.); 16. Name index; 17. Subject index
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Product details

ISBN
9789027252593
Published
2011-01-26
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Weight
665 gr
Height
245 mm
Width
164 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
284

Edited by
Hinrichs Lars
Farquharson Joseph T.

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