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From Creole to standard : Shakespeare, language, and literature in a postcolonial context /
This book gives a fascinating account of the unique history of the national - creole - language of Mauritius and the process of standardization that it is undergoing in postcolonial times. The central question is how far a creative writer's activity may affect the status and linguistic forms of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés Creole |
| Publicado: |
Amsterdam ; New York :
Rodopi,
2009.
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| Colección: | Cross/cultures ;
107. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book gives a fascinating account of the unique history of the national - creole - language of Mauritius and the process of standardization that it is undergoing in postcolonial times. The central question is how far a creative writer's activity may affect the status and linguistic forms of a regional language. The book focuses on the work of the author Dev Virahsawmy, who, particularly through his Shakespeare translations, is an active agent in the standardization of Mauritian creole. The approaches employed in From Creole to Standard combine a sociolinguistic examination of (changing) lan. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 239 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781441625533 1441625534 9789042026247 9042026243 9042026235 9789042026230 9786612505157 661250515X 1282505157 9781282505155 |