Reimagining Creole Communities.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neuenschwander, Christoph.

Series:

Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2026.

Summary:

This volume undertakes a reimagination of Creole communities in the Caribbean and beyond by addressing the persistent disconnect between contemporary research on Creole communities and Sociolinguistics.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

1 Setting the Stage for Reimagining Creole Communities

1.1 Introduction

1.2 The Current Situation

1.3 Scope of the Book

1.4 Some Notes On Ideology and Types of Forcefields

1.5 Conceptual Issues and Terminology

1.6 Summary of the Chapters

Notes

References

2 Identifying Language Ideologies in Creole Contexts

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Ideologies in Creole Communities

2.3 Ideologies in Creole Studies

2.4 Ideological Impacts of Creole Studies

2.5 Conclusion

3 Exploring Different Perspectives On Language Ideology

3.1 Introduction

3.2 What Is Ideology?

3.3 Marxism and Standard Language

3.4 From Language Attitudes to Linguistic Anthropology

3.4.1 Attitude Studies in Creole Contexts

3.4.2 Language Ideology and Indexicality

3.5 Syntheses and Methodological Considerations

3.6 Going Forward: Identity, Enregisterment, and Language Commodification

3.7 Conclusion

4 Deconstructing English in the Caribbean and Beyond

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Competing Models of English in the Caribbean

4.2.1 Caribbean English(es) in Models of World Englishes

4.2.2 Caribbean English(es), the Post-Creole Continuum, and Defining Acrolects

4.3 Caribbean Englishes and Issues of Standardisation

4.3.1 Defining Caribbean English(es): Standard and Nonstandard Varieties

4.3.2 Towards Endonormative Standards of English in the Caribbean

4.3.3 Attitudes Towards Standard Varieties of Caribbean English

4.4 Caribbean English Registers and Styles: Speaky-Spokey, Twangin', and Yankee Talk

4.5 Creeping Americanisation?: Caribbean Englishes and Shifting Epicentres

4.6 Forgotten Englishes of the Caribbean

4.7 Discussion and Conclusion

References.

5 Researching the Sociolinguistics of Creoles

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Naming Practices

5.3 Ethnographic Explorations of Creole Communities

5.3.1 The Guyanese Context

5.3.2 The Eastern Maroon Context

5.3.3 A Pacific Community

5.3.4 Discussion

5.4 Variation and Social Meaning: Capturing Sociolinguistic Dynamics

5.4.1 Pronominal Variation and Gender in Guyana

5.4.2 Sound Variation and Gender in Hawai'i

5.4.3 Discussion

5.5 Interactional Practices

5.5.1 Multilingual Practices

5.5.2 Sociopragmatic Practices

5.5.2.1 Styles and Creoles

5.5.2.2 Status and Social Relationship Negotiation in Creole Settings: Greetings

5.5.2.3 Construction of Membership Through Participation: Reminiscing About Local History

5.6 Summary and Conclusion

6 Rethinking Empowerment in Creole Communities: Applied Approaches

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Standardisation

6.2.1 Standardising Language: Processes

6.2.2 Standardising Language: Perspectives

6.2.3 The Politics of Orthography

6.3 Creoles and Education

6.3.1 Approaches to Managing Creoles in Education

6.3.2 Language Ideologies, Language Practices and Educational Approaches: Some Critical Notes

6.3.3 Support Material

6.3.4 Automated Generation of Texts in Caribbean Englishes/Creoles: Promises and Pitfalls

6.4 Current Approaches to Language Advocacy: Creoles, Language Rights, and Citizenship

6.4.1 Creoles in the Legal Sphere

6.4.2 Linguistic Human Rights

6.4.3 Linguistic Citizenship

6.4.4 Cultural Citizenship and Competing Understandings of Nationhood

6.5 Conclusion

7 Revisiting Forcefields

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Linguistic Forcefields

7.3 Metalinguistic Forcefields

7.4 Sociocultural Forcefields

7.5 Conclusion: Forcefields and Decoloniality

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-04-070133-7

1-003-34204-3

1-04-045561-1

OCLC:

1578126617

Publisher Number:

CIPO000346035