Language contact in the Danish West Indies : giving Jack his jacket /
Rejecting the view that Negerhollands was a lingua franca of a colonial population that included free and bound, privileged and oppressed, Sabino (English, Auburn U., Alabama) argues that it was the language of the Danish colony's Afro-Caribbean community. His study of the intimate connection b...
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| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2012
Leiden ; Boston : 2012 |
| Series: | Brill's studies in language, cognition and culture ;
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| Summary: | Rejecting the view that Negerhollands was a lingua franca of a colonial population that included free and bound, privileged and oppressed, Sabino (English, Auburn U., Alabama) argues that it was the language of the Danish colony's Afro-Caribbean community. His study of the intimate connection between community and language in the Danish West Indies also illuminates the history of Afro-Caribbean vernaculars more generally. Among his topics are grammar and the colonial mindset, a history and demography of the Danish West Indies, the documentation and interpretation of Virgin Islands Dutch creole, deploying linguistic resources, and interlingual influence in plural marking. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 337 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm xxii, 337 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004225404 (alk. paper) 9004225404 900423070X (e-book : alk. paper) 900423070X 9789004225404 (alk. paper) 9789004230705 (e-book : alk. paper) 9789004230705 |