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Playing with languages : children and change in a Caribbean village / Amy L. Paugh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Paugh, Amy L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language awareness in children--Dominica.
- Language awareness in children.
- Communicative competence in children--Dominica.
- Communicative competence in children.
- Language acquisition--Dominica.
- Language acquisition.
- Language shift--Dominica.
- Language shift.
- Linguistic change--Dominica.
- Linguistic change.
- Language and culture--Dominica.
- Language and culture.
- Dominica--Social life and customs.
- Dominica.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Over several generations villagers of Dominica have been shifting from Patwa, an Afro-French creole, to English, the official language. Despite government efforts at Patwa revitalization and cultural heritage tourism, rural caregivers and teachers prohibit children from speaking Patwa in their presence. Drawing on detailed ethnographic fieldwork and analysis of video-recorded social interaction in naturalistic home, school, village and urban settings, the study explores this paradox and examines the role of children and their social worlds. It offers much-needed insights into the study of lang
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Maps, Figures, and Tables; Acknowledgments; Note on Transcription; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Discourses of Differentiation,Unity, and Identity; Chapter 2 - Childhood in a Village"Behind God's Back"; Chapter 3 - Learning English: Language Ideologies and Practices in the Classroom and Home; Chapter 4 - Becoming "Good for Oneself ":Patwa and Autonomy in Language Socialization; Chapter 5 - Negotiating Play: Children's Code-Switching as Symbolic Resource; Chapter 6 - Acting Adult: Children's Language Use in Imaginary Play; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781283655682
- 1283655683
- 9780857457615
- 0857457616
- OCLC:
- 814454590
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