Dimensions of a Creole Continuum: History, Texts, and Linguistic Analysis of Guyanese CreoleStanford University Press, 1987 - 340 Seiten A Stanford University Press classic. |
Inhalt
The Concept of a Creole Continuum | 15 |
Historical and Sociolinguistic Developments | 41 |
Early Written Texts | 81 |
Cane Walk | 121 |
Other Areas | 205 |
Modern Texts from Diverse Domains | 257 |
Notes | 287 |
References | 305 |
Line Index of Selected Grammatical Features | 327 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acrolectal African Afro-Guyanese Alleyne analysis awii basilectal Berbice Bhojpuri Bickerton 1975 Bonnette Bonnette's British British Guiana Bush Lot Cane Walk Caribbean Caribbean English Chapter clause Coast copula creole continuum Creole English creole languages decreolization Demerara Devonish Dhanish dong Dutch Essequibo examples Georgetown Guiana colonies Guyana Guyanese Creole heer Higue historical present hool Indian Indo-Guyanese instance Irene's Jamaica jumbie kozn kyaan Labov laik laktho language lexical linguistic Lohtan maan marked marker mesolectal nait narrative nonstandard Note notn noun phrase occur phonological pidgin piipl Pinckard plee plural Portuguese pronominal pronoun rait reference represent Rickford sentence slaves speakers stative suggests taim Text set ting tion Tok Pisin unmarked variable variation varieties verb vowel waan wohn yu noo zero copula