The survival of people and languages : schooners, goats and cassava in St. Barthelemy, French West Indies /
Maher, Julianne.
The survival of people and languages : schooners, goats and cassava in St. Barthelemy, French West Indies / By Julianne Maher. - 1 online resource (xviii, 240 pages) - Brill's studies in language, cognition and culture ; v. 5 . - Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture 5. Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248724. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material -- 1. Origins -- 2. History’s Shuttlecock -- 3. The Social Ecology of St. Barthélemy -- 4. The Languages of St. Barthélemy -- 5. Language Survival and Language Loss -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. The St. Barth 1681 Census -- Appendix 2. Language Samples from Recorded Interviews -- References -- Index.
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In The Survival of People and Languages: Schooners, Goats and Cassava in St. Barthelemy, French West Indies , Julianne Maher explains a rare linguistic anomaly, how a small homogeneous population of seventeenth century French settlers in the tiny island of St. Barth came to speak four separate languages. With a range of historical documents and eighteenth century eye-witness accounts, Maher reconstructs the island's social ecology that led to its fragmentation. The four speech varieties are closely examined and analyzed, using extensive native speaker interviews; with the impending demise of these languages such documentation is unique. Maher concludes that social factors such as poverty, economics, geography and small population size served to maintain linguistic barriers on the island for over two hundred fifty years.
9789004188242
10.1163/9789004188242 DOI
Linguistic change--Saint-Barthélemy.
Language and languages--Variation.
Multilingualism--Saint-Barthélemy.
Sociolinguistics--Saint-Barthélemy.
Historical linguistics--Saint-Barthélemy.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / French.
Saint-Barthélemy--Languages--Variation.
Saint-Barthélemy--History.
P40.5.L542 / S25 2013
447/.972976
The survival of people and languages : schooners, goats and cassava in St. Barthelemy, French West Indies / By Julianne Maher. - 1 online resource (xviii, 240 pages) - Brill's studies in language, cognition and culture ; v. 5 . - Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture 5. Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248724. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material -- 1. Origins -- 2. History’s Shuttlecock -- 3. The Social Ecology of St. Barthélemy -- 4. The Languages of St. Barthélemy -- 5. Language Survival and Language Loss -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. The St. Barth 1681 Census -- Appendix 2. Language Samples from Recorded Interviews -- References -- Index.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
In The Survival of People and Languages: Schooners, Goats and Cassava in St. Barthelemy, French West Indies , Julianne Maher explains a rare linguistic anomaly, how a small homogeneous population of seventeenth century French settlers in the tiny island of St. Barth came to speak four separate languages. With a range of historical documents and eighteenth century eye-witness accounts, Maher reconstructs the island's social ecology that led to its fragmentation. The four speech varieties are closely examined and analyzed, using extensive native speaker interviews; with the impending demise of these languages such documentation is unique. Maher concludes that social factors such as poverty, economics, geography and small population size served to maintain linguistic barriers on the island for over two hundred fifty years.
9789004188242
10.1163/9789004188242 DOI
Linguistic change--Saint-Barthélemy.
Language and languages--Variation.
Multilingualism--Saint-Barthélemy.
Sociolinguistics--Saint-Barthélemy.
Historical linguistics--Saint-Barthélemy.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / French.
Saint-Barthélemy--Languages--Variation.
Saint-Barthélemy--History.
P40.5.L542 / S25 2013
447/.972976