A Creole Lexicon : Architecture, Landscape, People /

Throughout Louisiana's colonial and postcolonial periods, there evolved a highly specialized vocabulary for describing the region's buildings, people, and cultural landscapes. This creolized language-a unique combination of localisms and words borrowed from French, Spanish, English, Indian...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Edwards, Jay Dearborn
Otros Autores: Kariouk Pecquet du Bellay de Verton, Nicolas, 1930-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2004.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Vernacular architecture.
ARCHITECTURE > History > General.
ARCHITECTURE > Criticism.
ARCHITECTURE > Regional.
Creoles > Culture materielle > Louisiane > Terminologie.
Architecture vernaculaire > Louisiane > Terminologie.
Creoles > Material culture > Louisiana > Terminology.
Vernacular architecture > Louisiana > Terminology.
Louisiana.
Terminology.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface (Edwards and Kariouk); Acknowledgments; Introduction (Edwards with Kariouk); How to Use This Lexicon; Abbreviations; Creole Lexicon; Topical Indexes; Appendix: A Componential Analysis of New Orleans Vernacular Core Modules; Bibliography

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