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Download full textWiner, Lise; Boos, Hans E. A. – 1992
Marble games, or pitch, are among the most widely played of traditional boys' games in Trinidad and Tobago and have declined in the last two decades. Nearly 200 marbles terms found in Trinidad and Tobago English Creole are documented. Although most are British in origin, there are East Indian, French Creole, and possible African influences on this…
Descriptors: Creoles, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Games
