Title From oral to literate culture : colonial experience in the English West Indies / Peter A. Roberts

Published Kingston, Jamaica : Press University of the West Indies, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (x, 301 pages) : illustrations Contents An introduction to the language of West Indians -- Nonlinguistic methods of communication and transmission of information in the plantation slave society -- Aspects of oral culture in the slave population -- Political and social influences on the development of vernacular English -- Literate communication in the plantation slave society -- The rise of printing and publishing in the West Indies and its effects -- Intellectual and literary activity and its effects on literate English -- The rise of schools and their effect on English -- English language and literacy in the early schools --The legacy of colonial literacy in West Indies Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-295) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject English language -- West Indies, British Written communication -- West Indies, British Language and culture -- West Indies, British Oral communication -- West Indies, British LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General. British colonies English language Language and culture Oral communication Written communication Literatur Mündliche Literatur Schriftlichkeit Mondeling taalgebruik. Alfabetisme. Engels. SUBJECT Great Britain -- Colonies -- America. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056660 Subject America West Indies -- British West Indies Westindien Englisch. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781435694835 143569483X

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