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Ferere, Gerard Alphonse – 1979
A synchronic structural description is presented of Haitian Creole as spoken in the Port-au-Prince-Jacmel area, concentrating mainly on phonoloqy and morphology. Historical information and commentary are presented on diglossia and illiteracy, two intertwining sociolinguistic problems of Haiti. A detailed analysis is presented of the Creole sound…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Diglossia, Doctoral Dissertations, Form Classes (Languages)