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Variation in the Caribbean: From creole continua to individual agency(37 Creole Language Library)

Variation in the Caribbean: From creole continua to individual agency(37 Creole Language Library)


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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 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.

Table of Contents:
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. 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! 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.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9789027287397
  • Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
  • Publisher Imprint: John Benjamins Publishing Co
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 284
  • Sub Title: From creole continua to individual agency
  • ISBN-10: 9027287392
  • Publisher Date: 26 Jan 2011
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 284
  • Series Title: 37 Creole Language Library


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