The Crucible of Carolina - Essays in the Development of Gullah Language and Culture

Informationen zum Autor MICHAEL MONTGOMERY is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English and Linguistics at the University of South Carolina. He has studied, written, and spoken widely on the English of the American South. Klappentext A collection of essays! which explore the connections between the language and culture of South Carolina's barrier islands! West Africa! the Caribbean! and England. Zusammenfassung Ten essays explore the connections between the language and culture of South Carolina’s barrier islands, West Africa, the Caribbean, and England. The work covers such topics as names and naming, the language of religious rituals, basket-making traditions, creole discourse patterns, and the grammatical morphology of Gullah.

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• Authors: Michael Montgomery, Michael (EDT) Montgomery
• Assisted by: Michael Montgomery (Editor), Michael B. Montgomery (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.07.2008
• EAN: 9780820331157
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-3115-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies