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Peer reviewedEscure, Genevieve – Language Variation and Change, 1993
Three categories of topic referents (nominal, pronominal, and periphrastic) are identified in 27 Belizean texts and 12 American texts, and the effects of referent choice of two variables (topic number and stylistic/lectal context) are investigated. One finding is that Belizean lects are strikingly similar to spontaneous styles of American English.…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Creoles, English, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedWinford, Donald – World Englishes, 1997
Reexamines the history and contemporary structure of Caribbean English creole continua, with illustrations from the varied sociolinguistic situations in Belize, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad. Argues that continua existed there from the earliest period of contact and supports a coexistent systems approach to the contemporary structure of these…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Creoles, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics
Hume, Elizabeth, Ed.; And Others – Working Papers in Linguistics, 1995
Papers in comparative and historical linguistics are presented. "The Independent Development of Mid Tone in Suma" (Mary Bradshaw) extends earlier research on tone change in Gbaya languages to Suma, a Gbaya language previously not included. "Diachronic Morphology: An Overview" (Brian Joseph) reviews diachronic morphological…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Creoles, Diachronic Linguistics, English
