Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I. Variation and linguistic systems
5. Revisiting variation between sa and o in Sranan 13
6. Inherent variability and coexistent systems 39
7. Putting individuals back in contact 57
8. Relative markers in spoken Standard Jamaican English 79
9. Part II. Variation and identity
10. “Flying at half-mast”? Voices, genres, and orthographies in Barbadian Creole* 107
11. The creole continuum and individual agency 133
12. Language attitudes and linguistic awareness in Jamaican English 163
13. Part III. Variation and the community
14. The varilingual repertoire of Tobagonian speakers 191
15. On the emergence of new language varieties 207
16. ‘Creole’ and youth language in a British inner-city community 231
17. Le Page’s theoretical and applied legacy in sociolinguistics and creole studies 251
18. Name index 273
19. Subject index 275