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Title Contact Englishes of the Eastern Caribbean / edited by Michael Aceto, Jeffrey P. Williams
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 320 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Varieties of English around the world, 0172-7362 ; v. G30
Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 30
Contents Introduction / Michael Aceto and Jeffrey P. Williams -- Defining ethnic varieties in the Bahamas : phonological accommodation in black and white enclave communities / Becky Childs, Jeffrey Reaser, and Walt Wolfram -- The grammatical features of TMA auxiliaries in Bahamian Creole / Helean McPhee -- English in the Turks and Caicos islands: a look at Grand Turk / Cecilia Cutler -- Lanugage variety in the Virgin Islands : plural markings / Robin Sabino, Mary Diamond, and Leah Cockcroft
The establishment and perpetuation of Anglophone white enclave communities in the Eastern Caribbean : the case of Island Harbor, Anguilla / Jeffrey P. Williams -- What are Creole languages? An alternative approach to the Anglophone Atlantic world with special emphasis on Barbudan Creole English / Michael Aceto -- Language variation and language use among teachers in Dominica / Beverley Bryan and Rosalind Burnette -- An "English Creole" that isn't : on the sociohistorical origins and linguistic classification of the vernacular English in St. Lucia / Paul B. Garrett
The Carriacou Shakespeare Mas' : linguistic creativity in a Creole community / Joan M. Fayer -- Creole English on Carriacou : a sketch and some implications / Ronald Kephart -- Barbadian lects : beyond Meso / Gerard Van Herk -- Eastern Caribbean suprasegmental systems : a comparative view, with particular reference to Barbadian, Trinidadian, and Guyanese / David Sutcliffe
Summary 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, includin
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Subject English language -- Caribbean Area
English language -- Variation -- Caribbean Area
Creole dialects, English -- Caribbean Area
Languages in contact -- Caribbean Area
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
Creole dialects, English
English language
English language -- Variation
Language and languages
Languages in contact
Engels.
Engelse creooltalen.
SUBJECT Caribbean Area -- Languages
Subject Caribbean Area
Form Electronic book
Author Aceto, Michael.
Williams, Jeffrey P. (Jeffrey Payne), 1958-
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