Playing with Languages: Children and Change in a Caribbean Village

by Amy L. Paugh

Book Overview

Over several generations villagers of Dominica have been shifting from Patwa, an Afro-French creole, to English, the official language. Despite government efforts at Patwa revitalization and cultural heritage tourism, rural caregivers and teachers prohibit children from speaking Patwa in their presence. Drawing on detailed ethnographic fieldwork and analysis of video-recorded social interaction in naturalistic home, school, village and urban settings,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782385169
• ISBN13: 9781782385165
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"