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Creole Discourse
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2002-01-01
Creole Discourse written by and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Creole languages are characteristically associated with a negative image. How has this prestige been formed? And is it as static as the diglossic situation in many anglo-creolophone societies seems to suggest? This volume examines socio-historical and epistemological factors in the prestige formation of Caribbean English-Lexicon Creoles and subjects their classification as a (socio)linguistic type to scrutiny and critical debate. In its analysis of rich empirical data this study also demonstrates that the uses, functions and negotiations of Creole within particular social and linguistic practices have shifted considerably. Rather than limiting its scope to one "national" speech community, the discussion focusses on changes of the social meaning of Creole in various discursive fields, such as inter generational changes of Creole use in the London Diaspora, diachronic changes of Creole representation in written texts, and diachronic changes of Creole representation in translation. The study employs a discourse analytical approach drawing on linguistic models as well as Foucauldian theory.
Creole Discourse
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Author : Susanne Mühleisen
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2002-11-18
Creole Discourse written by Susanne Mühleisen and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11-18 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Creole languages are characteristically associated with a negative image. How has this prestige been formed? And is it as static as the diglossic situation in many anglo-creolophone societies seems to suggest? This volume examines socio-historical and epistemological factors in the prestige formation of Caribbean English-Lexicon Creoles and subjects their classification as a (socio)linguistic type to scrutiny and critical debate. In its analysis of rich empirical data this study also demonstrates that the uses, functions and negotiations of Creole within particular social and linguistic practices have shifted considerably. Rather than limiting its scope to one "national" speech community, the discussion focusses on changes of the social meaning of Creole in various discursive fields, such as inter generational changes of Creole use in the London Diaspora, diachronic changes of Creole representation in written texts, and diachronic changes of Creole representation in translation. The study employs a discourse analytical approach drawing on linguistic models as well as Foucauldian theory.
Caribbean Literary Discourse
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Author : Barbara Lalla
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 2014-02-15
Caribbean Literary Discourse written by Barbara Lalla and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
A study of the multicultural, multilingual, and Creolized languages that characterize Caribbean discourse, especially as reflected in the language choices that preoccupy creative writers Caribbean Literary Discourse opens the challenging world of language choices and literary experiments characteristic of the multicultural and multilingual Caribbean. In these societies, the language of the master— English in Jamaica and Barbados—overlies the Creole languages of the majority. As literary critics and as creative writers, Barbara Lalla, Jean D’Costa, and Velma Pollard engage historical, linguistic, and literary perspectives to investigate the literature bred by this complex history. They trace the rise of local languages and literatures within the English speaking Caribbean, especially as reflected in the language choices of creative writers. The study engages two problems: first, the historical reality that standard metropolitan English established by British colonialists dominates official economic, cultural, and political affairs in these former colonies, contesting the development of vernacular, Creole, and pidgin dialects even among the region’s indigenous population; and second, the fact that literary discourse developed under such conditions has received scant attention. Caribbean Literary Discourse explores the language choices that preoccupy creative writers in whose work vernacular discourse displays its multiplicity of origins, its elusive boundaries, and its most vexing issues. The authors address the degree to which language choice highlights political loyalties and tensions; the politics of identity, self-representation, and nationalism; the implications of code-switching—the ability to alternate deliberately between different languages, accents, or dialects—for identity in postcolonial society; the rich rhetorical and literary effects enabled by code-switching and the difficulties of acknowledging or teaching those ranges in traditional education systems; the longstanding interplay between oral and scribal culture; and the predominance of intertextuality in postcolonial and diasporic literature.
Roots Of Creole Structures
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Author : Susanne Michaelis
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2008
Roots Of Creole Structures written by Susanne Michaelis and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book reflects an ongoing shift in the study of contact languages: After a period of history-free universalism, it directs the attention to the individual historical circumstances under which the pidgin and creole languages arose. The contributions deal with different areas of language structure including phonology, morphology, and syntax, providing a wealth of structural and sociohistorical data that any comprehensive theory of contact languages will have to account for. Each of the papers provides a thorough description of a structural phenomenon against the background of the sociohistorical contact situation. The languages covered in the book are: Guiné-Bissau Creole, Haitian Creole, Hawai'i Creole, Indo-Portuguese creoles, Jamaican Creole, Lingua Franca, North American French, Mauritian Creole, Santomense, Saramaccan, Seychelles Creole, Sranan, Surinamese Maroon creoles, Vincentian Creole, and Zamboangueño Chavacano.
Creoles Contact And Language Change
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Author : Geneviève Escure
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2004-01-01
Creoles Contact And Language Change written by Geneviève Escure and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume contains a selection of fifteen papers presented at three consecutive meetings of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics, held in Washington, D.C. (January 2001); Coimbra, Portugal (June 2001); and San Francisco (January 2002). The fifteen articles offer a balanced sampling of creolists' current research interests. All of the contributions address questions directly relevant to pidgin/creole studies and other contact languages. The majority of papers address issues of morphology or syntax. Some of the contributions make use of phonological analysis while others study language development from the point of view of acquisition. A few papers examine discourse strategies and style, or broader issues of social and ethnic identity. While this array of topics and perspectives is reflective of the diversity of the field, there is also much common ground in that all of the papers adduce solid data corpora to support their analyses. The range of languages analyzed spans the planet, as approximately twenty contact varieties are studied in this volume.
The Handbook Of Pidgin And Creole Studies
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Author : Silvia Kouwenberg
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2009-02-11
The Handbook Of Pidgin And Creole Studies written by Silvia Kouwenberg and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-11 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Featuring an international contributor list, this long-awaited and broad-ranging collection examines the key issues, topics and research in pidgin and creole studies. A comprehensive reference work exploring the treatment of core aspects of pidgins/creoles, focusing on the questions that animate creole studies Brings together newly-commissioned entries by an international contributor team Accessibly structured into four sections covering: the character of pidgins and creoles; the relation of pidgins/creoles to other language phenomena and other languages; issues in pidgin/creole genesis; and the role of pidgins/creoles in society Provides a valuable resource for students, scholars and researchers working across a number linguistic disciplines, including sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, and the anthropology of language
Focus And Grammatical Relations In Creole Languages
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Author : Francis Byrne
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 1993-10-28
Focus And Grammatical Relations In Creole Languages written by Francis Byrne and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-10-28 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The volume has as its topic, not only the types of formal constructions and devices which creole languages syntactically utilize to achieve constituent focus, but also, in a much broader sense, the many other phenomena and processes found in these languages which serve to highlight sentence-level elements. The book is organized into five sections: 1. verb focus, predicate clefting and predicate doubling; 2. focus and anti-focus; 3. focus and pronominals; 4. discourse patterning; 5. grammatical relations.
Creole Cultures Vol 1
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Author : Violet Cuffy
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-11-14
Creole Cultures Vol 1 written by Violet Cuffy and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-14 with Social Science categories.
This edited collection considers the significance of Creole cultures within current, changing global contexts. With a particular focus on post-colonial Small Island Developing States, it brings together perspectives from academics, policy makers and practitioners including those based in Dominica, St Lucia, Seychelles and Mauritius. Together they provide a rich exploration of issues that arise in relation to safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage that sustains Creole identities. Commencing with considerations of the UNESCO (2003) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), the collection then presents case studies from the Seychelles, Mauritius, St. Lucia and Dominica. These attest to the many and different ways through which Creole cultural practices remain significant to the lived experiences of Creole communities. These chapters exemplify how through activities such as storytelling, singing, dancing, making artworks and the alternative economic practice of koudmen, Creole peoples sustain cultural identities that draw strength from their traditions. Yet there is also recognition of the continual struggle to sustain Creole cultural practices in the face of global economic and political pressures and related uncertainties. This global economic landscape also has an impact upon how Creole cultures are presented to tourists and hence upon the ways in which cultural practices are supported.
In Search Of A National Identity Creole And Politics In Guadeloupe
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Author : Ellen M. Schnepel
language : en
Publisher: Helmut Buske Verlag
Release Date : 2025-05-15
In Search Of A National Identity Creole And Politics In Guadeloupe written by Ellen M. Schnepel and has been published by Helmut Buske Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-05-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
Guadeloupe gehört zu den französischen "Altkolonien", die nicht in die Unabhängigkeit entlassen wurden, sondern seit 1946 als "Départements d'outre-mer" ein Teil des Mutterlandes geworden sind. Die Departementalisierung sollte nach der Vorstellung ihrer Verfechter, darunter Aimé Césaire, in eine sprachliche und kulturelle Assimilation an Frankreich einmünden. Die Aufgabe der antillischen Identität und der kreolischen Sprache fand jedoch keineswegs einhellige Zustimmung. Nicht zuletzt bestimmt durch die ausbleibenden wirtschaftlichen und politischen Erfolge der Departementalisierung bildeten sich seit den 1960er Jahren vor allem in Martinique und Guadeloupe Bewegungen zur Rückbesinnung auf die eigene Identität, zuerst als "antillanité", dann als "créolité" bezeichnet, die mit der Aufwertung des Kreolischen, seiner Standardisierung sowie der zunehmenden Verwendung im öffentlichen Leben einhergehen. Diese Studie über das "mouvement créole" in Guadeloupe ab den 1970er Jahren erhält besondere Aktualität vor dem Hintergrund der z.T. sehr polemisch geführten Debatte, die 2001 durch die Einführung eines Examens für Kreolischlehrer im Sekundarbereich in Frankreich und in den Überseedepartements ausgelöst wurde. Damit wurde der Forderung Rechnung getragen, das Kreolische den anderen Regionalsprachen in Frankreich im Erziehungswesen gleichzustellen. "Schnepel's fascinating account is a must read for anyone concerned with language politics in the French Caribbean. It will be of a great interest to many others as well, including those who study language politics and language planning in general, language revival, and Caribbean literature of French expression." aus: Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 21:2 (2006)
Dangerous Creole Liaisons
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Author : Jacqueline Couti
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016
Dangerous Creole Liaisons written by Jacqueline Couti and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Dangerous Creole Liaisons examines the neglected corpus of white Creole writers from the French Caribbean and how their discourse has been reappropriated to expose the significant role these men played in the construction of blackness, French nationalism and culture.