Variation in the Caribbean
From creole continua to individual agency
Editors
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.
[Creole Language Library, 37] 2011. vi, 276 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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IntroductionLars Hinrichs and Joseph T. Farquharson | pp. 1–9
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Part I. Variation and linguistic systems
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Revisiting variation between sa and o in SrananDonald Winford | pp. 13–38
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Inherent variability and coexistent systems: Negation in BequiaJames A. Walker and Jack Sidnell | pp. 39–56
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Putting individuals back in contact: Accommodation strategies by Barbadians in IpswichMichelle C. Braña-Straw | pp. 57–78
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Relative markers in spoken Standard Jamaican EnglishUlrike Gut | pp. 79–104
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Part II. Variation and identity
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“Flying at half-mast”? Voices, genres, and orthographies in Barbadian Creole*Janina Fenigsen | pp. 107–132
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The creole continuum and individual agency: Approaches to stylistic variation in JamaicaDagmar Deuber | pp. 133–162
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Language attitudes and linguistic awareness in Jamaican EnglishAndrea Sand | pp. 163–188
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Part III. Variation and the community
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The varilingual repertoire of Tobagonian speakersValerie Youssef | pp. 191–206
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On the emergence of new language varieties: The case of the Eastern Maroon Creole in French GuianaBettina Migge and Isabelle Léglise | pp. 207–230
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‘Creole’ and youth language in a British inner-city communitySusan Dray and Mark Sebba | pp. 231–250
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Le Page’s theoretical and applied legacy in sociolinguistics and creole studiesJohn R. Rickford | pp. 251–272
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Name index | pp. 273–274
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Subject index | pp. 275–276
“This volume offers fresh and exciting insights into one of the hotspots of English around the world. It is a must-read for anyone interested in contact linguistics at large and language variation in the Caribbean in particular - highly recommended!”
Daniel Schreier, University of Zurich
“This important volume stands out by being both focused and far-reaching in its treatment of variation in pidgin and creole languages. With this edited volume, Hinrichs and Farquharson revivify the central role of variation in creole studies. They do so by bringing dominant strands of current work in quantitative sociolinguistics to bear on creole languages, namely the role of variation in contact linguistics and likewise the role of variation in the study of language and identity. Several articles in the volume aptly expand the social realm of creole studies by focusing on creole societies in diaspora.”
John V. Singler, New York University
“This is an important book that scholars and their students working within both the world Englishes and Creole Studies frameworks will find very useful.”
Walter F. Edwards, Wayne State University, in World Englishes 33(3): 416-418, 2014
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BIC Subject: CFB – Sociolinguistics
BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General