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100	1		_aMaher, Julianne.
245	1	4	_aThe survival of people and languages : _bschooners, goats and cassava in St. Barthelemy, French West Indies / _cBy Julianne Maher.
264		1	_aLeiden : _bBrill, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (xviii, 240 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aBrill's studies in language, cognition and culture ; _vv. 5
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_aPreliminary 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.
506			_aAvailable to subscribing member institutions only.
520			_aIn 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 With a range of historical documents and eighteenth century eye-witness accounts, Maher reconstructs the island's social ecology that led to its fragmentation.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.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aLinguistic change _zSaint-Barthélemy.
650		0	_aLanguage and languages _xVariation.
650		0	_aMultilingualism _zSaint-Barthélemy.
650		0	_aSociolinguistics _zSaint-Barthélemy.
650		0	_aHistorical linguistics _zSaint-Barthélemy.
650		7	_aFOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / French. _2bisacsh
651		0	_aSaint-Barthélemy _xLanguages _xVariation.
651		0	_aSaint-Barthélemy _xHistory.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aMaher, Julianne. _tSurvival of people and languages _z9789004183261
830		0	_aBrill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture _v5.
830		0	_aLanguage and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248724.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004188242
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