A Grammar of Belizean Creole: Compilations from Two Existing United States Dialects Contributor(s): Rauch, Irmengard (Editor), Greene, Laurie A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820439339 ISBN-13: 9780820439334 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $49.35 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1999 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Literary Criticism | European - Spanish & Portuguese - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
Dewey: 427.972 |
LCCN: 97035000 |
Series: Berkeley Models of Grammars |
Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.2" W x 9.25" (1.10 lbs) 265 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Gulf Coast - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Geographic Orientation - New York |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In New Orleans and the boroughs of New York City, varieties of Belizean Creole are spoken within immigrant communities. This text provides a grammatical description and comparison of these two expatriate varieties of the Caribbean Creole language, Belizean Creole. The grammar is unusual in that it incorporates cultural and social variables in the formal grammatical analysis, describing linguistic -performance- as well as communal -competence.- Two appendices are included containing an abridged Belizean Creole-English dictionary and a group of sample dialogues that have been phonetically transcribed and translated." |