Focus on the Caribbean
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19934441 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John A Holm |
| Editors | Manfred Görlach, John Holm (0000-0002-9890-3640) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Pages | 209 |
| Publication date | 1986-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Focus on the Caribbean (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/veaw.g8 |
| OpenAlex | W1974381607 |
| ISBN | 9789027248664 |
| Open Library | OL2732713M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
This collection represents an important contribution not only to creole linguistics but also to Caribbean studies and English dialectology. It contains eleven essays on the special development and present-day functions of English and Creole in the Caribbean, ranging from Central America to Guyana. Topics include the spread of English and Creole, Spanish-English contact, the reconstruction of early phonology, the semantics of syntactic markers, the impact of colonial language policies, language and class, and the speech of Rastafarians. Half of the contributors are from the Caribbean region; the others are from Europe, Africa and the United States
Geography · Optics · Physics · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Caribbean area · Creole dialects, english · English Creole dialects · English language · Languages
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1991 - 2020 (30) |
| Highly cited | No |