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Informationen zum Autor Arthur K. Spears is Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology at The Graduate Center of The City University of New York (CUNY). He is also Chair of the Anthropology Department and Director of Black Studies at The City College, CUNY. Dr. Spears's research is in the areas of African American English; pidgin and creole languages, focusing on Haitian and other French-lexifier creoles; language and education; race and ideology; and controversial words. In addition to being the founder and first editor of Transforming Anthropology, the journal of the Association of Black Anthropologists, he is the former president of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics, an international body devoted to the study of language contact worldwide.Carole M. Berotte Joseph is the President of The Bronx Community College of The City University of New York. She serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of the New York State Association for Bilingual Education and Wadabagei, a journal dealing with the Caribbean and its diaspora. Born in Haiti, Dr. Berotte Joseph has lectured exten¬sively on educational policy issues facing Haitian com¬munities in the United States and in Haiti. Klappentext The Haitian Creole Language is the first book dealing with the central role of Creole in Haiti and the Haitian diaspora, especially in the United States. Dispelling myths about Creole, with discussions of Haitian and Haitian Creole history, it provides a foundation for educators, service providers, policy makers, social scientists, and language and literature scholars to understand Creole in its historical, social, political, educational, and economic developmental contexts. Inhaltsverzeichnis ForewordPrefaceA Tribute to Yves Dejean & Albert ValdmanChapter 1. Introduction: The Haitian Creole LanguagePART I: HISTORYChapter 2. The History of Haiti in BriefChapter 3. The Languages of Haitians and the History of Creole: Haiti and Its DiasporaPART II: STRUCTURE AND USEChapter 4. OrthographyChapter 5. Regional and Social Varieties of Haitian CreoleChapter 6. Creole-English Code-Switching in New York CityChapter 7. Creole and French in Haitian LiteraturePART III: EDUCATIONChapter 8. Education in HaitiChapter 9. Creole and Education in HaitiChapter 10. Creole in Education in Haiti: A Case StudyChapter 11. Haitians in the U.S.: Language, Politics & EducationChapter 12. Cultural Context, Cognitive Processes, and the Acquisition of LiteracyChapter 13. Haitian Children's Education: Orality, Literacy & Technology...
