OP91 - Promotion of the Patois Language

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This tape is a record of a cross-section of the proceedings of the programme for Creole Day, put on by the Department of Language and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts and General Studies, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. It includes questions and discussions by Dr Ian Robertson and elderly patois speakers, most of whom came from Moruga. Their responses cover how they learned to speak patois and includes songs, stories and other elements of oral tradition.

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This resource is available for research. It is the property of the West Indiana and Special Collections Division, The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. Copyright: The University of the West Indies.

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Language, Oral Tradition, Patois, Creole Languages, Linguistics, Robertson, Ian

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