Publications

Publication details [#54836]

Migge, Bettina. 2011. Negotiating social identities on an Eastern Maroon radio show. Journal of Pragmatics 43 (6) : 1498–1511.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

creole | identity negotiation | language change | radio talk

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

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Annotation

This paper discusses how the increased use of pidgings and creoles in the Eastern Maroon radio program Loweman Pansu, broadcasted in French Guiana, has resulted in the construction of a modern urban Maroon identity that surpasses traditional ethnic and national borders.