Creole discourse exploring prestige formation and change across Caribbean English-lexicon Creoles (J. Benjamins Pub., 2002)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-286) and index
Creole Discourse Exploring prestige formation and change across Caribbean English-lexicon Creoles; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Abbreviations and transcription conventions; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgments; Epigraph; Introduction Creole discourse; Epigraph; Chapter 1 Defining language prestige; Epigraph; Chapter 2 Forming language prestige; Epigraph; Chapter 3 Negotiating language prestige; Epigraph; Chapter 4 From speech community to discourse communities; Epigraph; Chapter 5 From badge of authenticity to voice of authority; Epigraph
Creole languages are characteristically associated with a negative image. How has this prestige been formed? And is it as static as the diglossic situation in many anglo-creolophone societies seems to suggest? This volume examines socio-historical and epistemological factors in the prestige formation of Caribbean English-Lexicon Creoles and subjects their classification as a (socio)linguistic type to scrutiny and critical debate. In its analysis of rich empirical data this study also demonstrates that the uses, functions and negotiations of Creole within particular social and linguistic practi