Language & the social construction of identity in Creole situations / edited by Marcyliena H. Morgan ; with essays by Mervyn Alleyne [and others].
| Other author | Morgan, Marcyliena H. |
| Other author | Alleyne, Mervyn C. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Los Angeles : Center for Afro-American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, 1994. |
| Description | viii, 158 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Language and the social construction of identity in Creole situations |
| Series | CAAS special publication series ; v. 10 CAAS special publication ; v. 10. ^A654452 |
| Contents | Problems of standardization of Creole languages / Mervyn Alleyne -- Language standardization and linguistic fragmentation in Tok Pisin / Suzanne Romaine -- Sociolinguistic approaches to language use in the Anglophone Caribbean / Donald Winford -- On decreolization : the case of Gullah / Salikoko S. Mufwene -- Language and education in Hawai'i : Sociopolitical and economic implications of Hawai'i Creole English / Karen Ann Watson-Gegeo -- The African-American speech community : reality and sociolinguistics / Marcyliena Morgan. |
| Abstract | This book explores the manner in which language and language choice reflect and mediate the social landscape of those societies that evolved from European-conceived and controlled plantation labor systems. These plantation systems merged the lives of people of different nations, cultures, and languages so that they could serve as either indentured workers or slaves. For this reason, creole language studies-- more than any other area of linguistics-- provides invaluable insight into the nature of diaspora, ethnicity, nationalism, identity, and language loyalty. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Language & the social construction of identity in Creole situations. Los Angeles : Center for Afro-American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, 1994 |
| Genre/form | Aufsatzsammlung. |
| Genre/form | Kongreß California Los Angeles 1990. |
| LCCN | 93023626 |
| ISBN | 0934934401 |
| ISBN | 9780934934404 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | Joyner Reserve | PM7831 .L36 1994 | ✔ Available | Want This? |