From oral to literate culture : colonial experience in the English West Indies /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roberts, Peter A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kingston, Jamaica : Press University of the West Indies, 1997.
Temas:
Geschichte.
English language > West Indies, British.
Written communication > West Indies, British.
Language and culture > West Indies, British.
Oral communication > West Indies, British.
Anglais (Langue) > Antilles britanniques.
Communication écrite > Antilles britanniques.
Langage et culture > Antilles britanniques.
Communication orale > Antilles britanniques.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
British colonies.
English language.
Language and culture.
Oral communication.
Written communication.
Literatur
Mündliche Literatur
Schriftlichkeit
Mondeling taalgebruik.
Alfabetisme.
Engels.
Great Britain > Colonies > America.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Amérique.
America.
West Indies > British West Indies.
Westindien
Englisch.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An introduction to the language of West Indians
  • Nonlinguistic methods of communication and transmission of information in the plantation slave society
  • Aspects of oral culture in the slave population
  • Political and social influences on the development of vernacular English
  • Literate communication in the plantation slave society
  • The rise of printing and publishing in the West Indies and its effects
  • Intellectual and literary activity and its effects on literate English
  • The rise of schools and their effect on English
  • English language and literacy in the early schools
  • The legacy of colonial literacy in West Indies.

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