The crucible of Carolina : essays in the development of Gullah language and culture

The crucible of Carolina : essays in the development of Gullah language and culture / edited by Michael Montgomery.

Other author/creator	Montgomery, Michael, 1950-2019
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©1994.
Description	x, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Sea Islands Creole dialect. Language and culture--South Carolina. Language and culture--Caribbean Area. Language and culture--Africa, West.

Contents	Introduction / Michael Montgomery -- Gullah and the caribbean connection / Frederic G. Cassidy -- Names and naming in the Sea Islands / Keith E. Baird and Mary A. Twining -- Misinterpreting linguistic continuity charitably / Salikoko S. Mufwene -- Variation in the use of the auxiliary verb da in contemporary Gullah / Tometro Hopkins -- Flexibility and creativity in Afro-American English / Peter A. Roberts -- Componentiality and the creole matrix: the southwest english contribution / Ian F. Hancock -- Let the church say "Amen": the language of religious rituals in coastal South Carolina / Patricia Jones-Jackson -- Spirits of our ancestors: basket traditions in the Carolinas / Dale Rosengarten -- Lorenzo Dow Turner's early work on Gullah / Michael Montgomery -- Recollections of African language patterns in an American speech variety: an assessment of mende influences in Lorenzo Dow Turner's Gullah data.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-219) and indexes.
LCCN	93032145
ISBN	0820316237 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PM7875.G8 C78 1994	✔ Available	Place Hold