Playing with languages children and change in a Caribbean village
- Author/Creator:
- Paugh, Amy L.
- Publication/Creation:
- New York : Berghahn Books, c2012
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Full Title:
- Playing with languages children and change in a Caribbean village / Amy L. Paugh
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Language awareness in children--Dominica
Communicative competence in children--Dominica
Language acquisition--Dominica
Language shift--Dominica
Linguistic change--Dominica
Language and culture--Dominica
Dominica--Social life and customs
Description/Summary
- Table of 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
- 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
- Language:
- English
- Language Note:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 online resource (264 p.)
- General Note:
- Description based upon print version of record.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9936762192802486
- ISBN:
- 1-283-65568-3
0-85745-761-6 - OCLC Number:
- 814454590
815668533 - Other Identifiers:
- doi: 10.1515/9780857457615
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