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Title Variation in the Caribbean : from Creole continua to individual agency / edited by Lars Hinrichs, Joseph T. Farquharson.

Imprint Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.

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Descript 1 online resource (vi, 276 pages) : illustrations
Series Creole language library ; v. 37
Creole language library ; v. 37.
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Variation in the Caribbean; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; Part I. Variation and linguistic systems; Revisiting variation between sa and o in Sranan; Inherent variability and coexistent systems; Putting individuals back in contact; Relative markers in spoken Standard Jamaican English; Part II. Variation and identity; "Flying at half-mast"? Voices, genres, and orthographies in Barbadian Creole; The creole continuum and individual agency; Language attitudes and linguistic awareness in Jamaican English; Part III. Variation and the community.
Summary 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.
Note English.
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Subject Creole dialects, English -- Social aspects -- Caribbean Area.
Language and languages -- Variation.
Languages in contact.
Sociolinguistics -- Caribbean Area.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
Creole dialects, English -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00882792
Language and languages -- Variation. (OCoLC)fst00992272
Languages in contact. (OCoLC)fst00992434
Sociolinguistics. (OCoLC)fst01123847
Caribbean Area. (OCoLC)fst01244080
Alt Author Hinrichs, Lars.
Farquharson, Joseph T.
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