Publications

Publication details [#26398]

Morgan, Marcyliena. 1994. Language and the social construction of identity in creole situations. UCLA, Center for Afro-American Studies. VIII+ 158 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
creole | education | identity negotiation | sociolinguistics
Language as a subject
English, African American | English, Hawai'i Creole | Gullah | Haitian | Pijin, Solomon Islands | Tok Pisin

Annotation

This collection on the social significance of creole language situations in Hawai'i, the Caribbean, the southeastern US and Papua New Guinea, discusses three dominant themes: the creole continuum; language ideology and identity; and creole and education.

Reviewed by

Jourdan, Christine. 1996. Review of $Language and the social construction of identity in creole situations.