Studies in Caribbean language

Abstract

This volume contains a selection of 26 papers from among the 45 presented at the Third Biennial Conference of the Society for Caribbean Linguistics held in Aruba, Netherlands Antilles from 16th to 20th September, 1980. The papers are grouped under the following areas: 1) Social history and sociolinguistic situations, 2) Lexicon, 3) Phonology and phonetics, 4) Syntax, 5) Education in Creole settings, 6) Creole and literary style, 7) Language and social identity, and 8) Instrumentalization