The Haitian Creole Language : History, Structure, Use, and Education.
Title:
The Haitian Creole Language : History, Structure, Use, and Education.
Author:
Barrows, Elizabeth.
ISBN:
9781461662655
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (263 pages)
Series:
Caribbean Studies
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- A Tribute to Yves Dejean and Albert Valdman -- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Haitian Creole Language -- Part I: History -- Chapter 2. The History of Haiti in Brief -- Chapter 3. The Languages of Haitians and the History of Creole: Haiti and Its Diaspora -- Part II: Structure and Use -- Chapter 4. Orthography -- Chapter 5. Regional and Social Varieties of Haitian Creole -- Chapter 6. Creole-English Code-Switching in New York City -- Chapter 7. Creole and French in Haitian Literature -- Part III: Education -- Chapter 8. Education in Haiti -- Chapter 9. Creole and Education in Haiti -- Chapter 10. Creole in Education in Haiti: A Case Study -- Chapter 11. Haitians in the U.S.: Language, Politics, and Education -- Chapter 12. Cultural Context, Cognitive Processes, and the Acquisition of Literacy -- Chapter 13. Haitian Children's Education: Orality, Literacy, and Technology -- List of Contributors -- Index.
Abstract:
The Haitian Creole Language is the first book dealing with the central role of Creole in Haiti and the Haitian diaspora, especially in the United States. Dispelling myths about Creole, with discussions of Haitian and Haitian Creole history, it provides a foundation for educators, service providers, policy makers, social scientists, and language and literature scholars to understand Creole in its historical, social, political, educational, and economic developmental contexts.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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