Genre in world Englishes : case studies from the Caribbean / Susanne Mühleisen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muehleisen, Susanne, author.

Contributor:

John Benjamins Publishing Company

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 67.

Varieties of English around the world (VEAW) ; volume G67

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Caribbean Area--Case studies.

English language.

English language--Variation--Caribbean Area--Case studies.

Literary form--Case studies.

Literary form.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 229 pages) : color illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2022]

Contents:

Genre in world Englishes: the global and the postcolonial in oral, written and digital texts

Callaloo, stewed manicou and doubles: Caribbean culinary transformations in Trinidadian print and online recipes

Personhood, genealogy and remembrance in death notices and obituaries

Metathesiophobia, nutty professors and Patois: language debates in Letters to the Editor (LTEs) in a Jamaican newspaper

Tell me Pastor: certainty, directness and the assertion of moral norms in a Jamaican newspaper advice column

Mornin Caller: negotiating power and authority in a Trinidadian radio phone-in programme

"... allyuh know how to parteeeeeeeeeeee. lawd!": linguistic choices and membership construction in the Trinidad & Tobago Possee Livin California forum.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Amsterdam, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 18, 2022).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Muehleisen, Susanne. Genre in world Englishes

ISBN:

9789027257628

9027257620

Publisher Number:

40031259690

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.