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Author Maher, Julianne.

Title The survival of people and languages : schooners, goats and cassava in St. Barthelemy, French West Indies / by Julianne Maher
Published Leiden : Brill, 2013

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Description 1 online resource
Series Brill's studies in language, cognition and culture ; volume 5
Brill's studies in language, cognition and culture ; volume 5.
Contents List of Maps; Principal Abbreviations; Preface; Chapter One Origins; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 St. Barthélemy; 1.3 The Inhabitants; 1.4 The World in 1681; a. Europe; b. Africa; c. North America; d. The Caribbean; 1.5 Summary; Chapter Two History's Shuttlecock; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The First Century: Attacks and Plunder; 2.3 The Second Century: Belonging to Sweden; 2.4 The Third Century: From Indigence to Ease; 2.5 Summary; Chapter Three The Social Ecology of St. Barthélemy; 3.1 Schooners; 3.2 Introduction; 3.3 Sources; a. Social Life in the 17th Century French Islands
B. First Inhabitantsc. 18th Century Perspectives; d. The Rural Populations; e. Slavery in St. Barth; f. In St. Thomas; 3.4 Women's Lives, Women's Roles; a. The Lives of Girls; b. Work in the Salt Ponds; c. The Lives of Women; d. Cultural Life; e. Oral Cultures and Women's Lives; 3.5 Social Values and Cultures; a. Music; b. Land and Settlement Patterns; c. Houses; d. Education; e. Religion; f. Politics; g. A History of Disparagement; 3.6 Summary; Chapter Four The Languages of St. Barthélemy; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Interviewing the Speakers; 4.3 Gustavia English; 4.4 The Central Area and Saline
4.5 St. Barth Creole4.6 St. Barth Patois; 4.7 Comparisons to Other French Vernaculars; 4.8 Progressive Aspect in St. Barth Patois; 4.9 Summary; Chapter Five Language Survival and Language Loss; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Attitudes and Language Use; 5.3 The Social Context for Language Survival; 5.4 St. Barth Vernaculars and Language Change; 5.5 Conclusions; Epilogue; Appendix One The St. Barth 1681 Census; Appendix Two Language Samples from Recorded Interviews; Gustavia English: Speaker B; Saline French: Speaker F; St. Barth Creole: Speakers E, L, BB; St. Barth Patois: Speakers F, D, T, G
Summary In The Survival of People and Languages: Schooners, Goats and Cassava in St. Barthelemy, French West Indies, Julianne Maher examines the enigmatic linguistic complexity of the island of St. Barthélemy in the French Caribbean, analyzes its four language varieties and traces the social history which caused its fragmentation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Linguistic change -- Saint Barthelemy
Languages in contact -- Saint Barthelemy
Language and languages -- Variation.
Multilingualism -- Saint Barthelemy
Sociolinguistics -- Saint Barthelemy
Historical linguistics -- Saint Barthelemy
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- French.
Historical linguistics
Language and languages -- Variation
Languages in contact
Linguistic change
Multilingualism
Sociolinguistics
SUBJECT Saint Barthelemy -- Languages -- Variation
Saint Barthelemy -- History
Subject Saint Barthelemy
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2013022967
ISBN 9789004188242
900418824X