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The survival of people and languages : schooners, goats and cassava in St. Barthelemy, French West Indies /
In The Survival of People and Languages: Schooners, Goats and Cassava in St. Barthelemy, French West Indies, Julianne Maher examines the enigmatic linguistic complexity of the island of St. Barthélemy in the French Caribbean, analyzes its four language varieties and traces the social history which...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Brill,
2013.
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| Colección: | Brill's studies in language, cognition and culture ;
volume 5. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Maps; Principal Abbreviations; Preface; Chapter One Origins; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 St. Barthélemy; 1.3 The Inhabitants; 1.4 The World in 1681; a. Europe; b. Africa; c. North America; d. The Caribbean; 1.5 Summary; Chapter Two History's Shuttlecock; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The First Century: Attacks and Plunder; 2.3 The Second Century: Belonging to Sweden; 2.4 The Third Century: From Indigence to Ease; 2.5 Summary; Chapter Three The Social Ecology of St. Barthélemy; 3.1 Schooners; 3.2 Introduction; 3.3 Sources; a. Social Life in the 17th Century French Islands.
- B. First Inhabitantsc. 18th Century Perspectives; d. The Rural Populations; e. Slavery in St. Barth; f. In St. Thomas; 3.4 Women's Lives, Women's Roles; a. The Lives of Girls; b. Work in the Salt Ponds; c. The Lives of Women; d. Cultural Life; e. Oral Cultures and Women's Lives; 3.5 Social Values and Cultures; a. Music; b. Land and Settlement Patterns; c. Houses; d. Education; e. Religion; f. Politics; g. A History of Disparagement; 3.6 Summary; Chapter Four The Languages of St. Barthélemy; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Interviewing the Speakers; 4.3 Gustavia English; 4.4 The Central Area and Saline.
- 4.5 St. Barth Creole4.6 St. Barth Patois; 4.7 Comparisons to Other French Vernaculars; 4.8 Progressive Aspect in St. Barth Patois; 4.9 Summary; Chapter Five Language Survival and Language Loss; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Attitudes and Language Use; 5.3 The Social Context for Language Survival; 5.4 St. Barth Vernaculars and Language Change; 5.5 Conclusions; Epilogue; Appendix One The St. Barth 1681 Census; Appendix Two Language Samples from Recorded Interviews; Gustavia English: Speaker B; Saline French: Speaker F; St. Barth Creole: Speakers E, L, BB; St. Barth Patois: Speakers F, D, T, G.