基本説明
This volume collects current work in the field and focuses on methodological and theoretical innovations that continue, expand, and update the dialog between Caribbean variation studies and general sociolinguistics.
Full Description
The study of linguistic variation in the Caribbean has been central to the emergence of Pidgin and Creole Linguistics as an academic field. It has yielded influential theory, such as the (post-)creole continuum or the 'Acts of Identity' models, that has shaped sociolinguistics far beyond creole settings. This volume collects current work in the field and focuses on methodological and theoretical innovations that continue, expand, and update the dialog between Caribbean variation studies and general sociolinguistics.
Contents
1. Introduction (by Hinrichs, Lars); 2. Part I. Variation and linguistic systems; 3. Revisiting variation between sa and o in Sranan (by Winford, Donald); 4. Inherent variability and coexistent systems: Negation in Bequia (by Walker, James A.); 5. Putting individuals back in contact: Accommodation strategies by Barbadians in Ipswich (by Brana-Straw, Michelle C.); 6. Relative markers in spoken Standard Jamaican English (by Gut, Ulrike); 7. Part II. Variation and identity; 8. "Flying at half-mast"? Voices, genres, and orthographies in Barbadian Creole* (by Fenigsen, Janina); 9. The creole continuum and individual agency: Approaches to stylistic variation in Jamaica (by Deuber, Dagmar); 10. Language attitudes and linguistic awareness in Jamaican English (by Sand, Andrea); 11. Part III. Variation and the community; 12. The varilingual repertoire of Tobagonian speakers (by Youssef, Valerie); 13. On the emergence of new language varieties: The case of the Eastern Maroon Creole in French Guiana (by Migge, Bettina); 14. 'Creole' and youth language in a British inner-city community (by Dray, Susan); 15. Le Page's theoretical and applied legacy in sociolinguistics and creole studies (by Rickford, John R.); 16. Name index; 17. Subject index
