Introduction. Creole discourse: Exploring prestige formation and change across Caribbean English-lexicon Creoles

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Abbreviations and transcription conventions ix
4. List of tables and figures xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Introduction. Creole discourse: Exploring prestige formation and change across Caribbean English-lexicon Creoles 3
7. Chapter 1. Defining language prestige: The positioning of Creole in linguistic and social parameters 23
8. Chapter 2. Forming language prestige: Caribbean English-lexicon Creoles as prototypical low prestige languages 55
9. Chapter 3. Negotiating language prestige: Towards a functional/discursive framework 93
10. Chapter 4. From speech community to discourse communities: Changing Creole representations in the urban diaspora 135
11. Chapter 5. From badge of authenticity to voice of authority: Changing Creole representations in writing 183
12. Chapter 6. From invisibility to register variation: Changing Creole representations in translation 225
13. Conclusion 263
14. Works cited 269
15. Appendix 287
16. Name index 321
17. Subject index 327