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Language Issues in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
This collection is a pioneer study of linguistic phenomena in St Vincent and the Grenadines, written by scholars who are both respected in their field of research and connected to the linguistic realities in the geographic area under investigation. This book covers the subfields of sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, ethnography, historical linguistics and syntax. It concentrates on mainland St Vincent and the Grenadine island of Bequia. The volume will appeal to a broad audience including not just specialists in linguistics but also teacher trainers and educators.
[Varieties of English Around the World, G51] 2015. xv, 191 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 26 January 2015
Published online on 26 January 2015
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements | pp. ix–x
- Introduction | pp. xi–xvi
- Sociohistorical and linguistic account of St Vincent and the GrenadinesPaula Prescod and Adrian Fraser | pp. 1–44
- The fate of the local in light of the global: Analysis of variation in the use of preverbal markers in Bequia CreoleAgata Daleszynska-Slater | pp. 45–66
- Subject and object pronoun use in Bequia (St Vincent and the Grenadines)Miriam Meyerhoff and James A. Walker | pp. 67–86
- “A she gi me words; well me gi she back de change”: The reframing of stigmatized talk by everyday women-of-words in St VincentElizabeth Fortenbery | pp. 87–112
- The distribution of diagnostic features in English-lexified contact languages: VincentianAndrei A. Avram | pp. 113–140
- Creole reflexes of do: Zeroing in on tense, aspect and modality in Vincentian CreolePaula Prescod | pp. 141–164
- Languages in St Vincent and the Grenadines: An annotated bibliographyDonna E. Cromer | pp. 165–180
- Biographical notes on the contributors | pp. 181–182
- Subject, Language and Place Index | pp. 183–188
- Name Index | pp. 189–191
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