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Informationen zum Autor Arthur K. Spears is professor and chair of the Anthropology Department and director of the Black Studies Program at The City College of The City University of New York (CUNY). He is professor of linguistics and anthropology at The Graduate Center (CUNY). Carole M. Berotte Joseph is president/CEO of Massachusetts Bay Community College. 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
