Variation in the Caribbean

From creole continua to individual agency

Editors

Lars Hinrichs

| University of Texas at Austin

Joseph T. Farquharson

| University of the West Indies, St. Augustine

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ISBN 9789027252593 | EUR 99.00 | USD 149.00

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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

https://doi.org/10.1075/cll.37

Table of Contents

Introduction Lars Hinrichs and Joseph T. Farquharson	1–9
Part I. Variation and linguistic systems
Revisiting variation between sa and o in Sranan Donald Winford	13–38
Inherent variability and coexistent systems: Negation in Bequia James A. Walker and Jack Sidnell	39–56
Putting individuals back in contact: Accommodation strategies by Barbadians in Ipswich Michelle C. Braña-Straw	57–78
Relative markers in spoken Standard Jamaican English Ulrike Gut	79–104
Part II. Variation and identity
“Flying at half-mast”? Voices, genres, and orthographies in Barbadian Creole* Janina Fenigsen	107–132
The creole continuum and individual agency: Approaches to stylistic variation in Jamaica Dagmar Deuber	133–162
Language attitudes and linguistic awareness in Jamaican English Andrea Sand	163–188
Part III. Variation and the community
The varilingual repertoire of Tobagonian speakers Valerie Youssef	191–206
On the emergence of new language varieties: The case of the Eastern Maroon Creole in French Guiana Bettina Migge and Isabelle Léglise	207–230
‘Creole’ and youth language in a British inner-city community Susan Dray and Mark Sebba	231–250
Le Page’s theoretical and applied legacy in sociolinguistics and creole studies John R. Rickford	251–272
Name index	273–274
Subject index	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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Subjects

Linguistics

Creole studies

Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

BIC Subject: CFB – Sociolinguistics

BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General

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