Creole and Dialect Continua
Title | Creole and Dialect Continua PDF eBook |
Author | Geneviève Escure |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | 319 |
Release | 1997-01-01 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9027252408 |
Although there is a substantial amount of linguistic research on standard language acquisition, little attention has been given to the mechanisms underlying second dialect acquisition. Using a combination of function-based grammar and sociolinguistic methodology to analyze topic marking strategies, the unguided acquisition of a standard by speakers of nonstandard varieties is examined in two distinct linguistic and geographical situations: in a Caribbean creole situation (Belize), with special attention to the acquisition of acrolects by native speakers of basilects, and in a noncreole situation (PRC), documenting the acquisition of standard Chinese (Putonghua) by speakers of nonstandard varieties represented in Cultural Revolution literature, Wuhan Chinese, and Suzhou Wu story-telling style. In both cases psychosocial factors, linguistic bias toward nonnative renderings of the standard varieties, the social status of their speakers, and related political and educational consequences play an important role in the development of second dialects. The broad-ranging analysis of a single feature of oral discourse leads to the formulation of cross-linguistic generalizations in acquisition studies and results in an evaluation of the putative uniqueness of creole languages. Related issues addressed include the effect of linguistic bias on the development and use of language varieties by marginalized groups; the interaction of three major language components semantics, syntax, and pragmatics in spontaneous communication; and the development of methods to identify discourse units. The ultimate goal underlying the comparison of specific discourse variables in Belizean and Chinese standard acquisition is to evaluate the relative merits of substratal, superstratal, and universal explanations in language development.
Variation in the Caribbean
Title | Variation in the Caribbean PDF eBook |
Author | Lars Hinrichs |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | 285 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9027252599 |
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.
Dimensions of a Creole Continuum
Title | Dimensions of a Creole Continuum PDF eBook |
Author | John R. Rickford |
Publisher | Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | 380 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780804713771 |
A Stanford University Press classic.
Standard and Non-standard Language Attitudes in a Creole Continuum
Title | Standard and Non-standard Language Attitudes in a Creole Continuum PDF eBook |
Author | John R. Rickford |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 36 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Creole dialects |
ISBN |
Historicity and Variation in Creole Studies
Title | Historicity and Variation in Creole Studies PDF eBook |
Author | Arnold R. Highfield |
Publisher | Karoma Publishers, Incorporated |
Total Pages | 154 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Creole dialects |
ISBN |
Redefining the Post-creole Continuum
Title | Redefining the Post-creole Continuum PDF eBook |
Author | Ian Robertson |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 24 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Creole dialects |
ISBN |
Dialects, Englishes, Creoles, and Education
Title | Dialects, Englishes, Creoles, and Education PDF eBook |
Author | Shondel J. Nero |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Total Pages | 320 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 0805846581 |
Brings together a multiplicity of voices on the complex politics, challenges, and strategies of educating students - in North America and worldwide - who are speakers of diverse or nonstandard varieties of English, and hybrid varieties of English, such as African American Vernacular English, Caribbean Creole English, Tex Mex, among others.