Language Use in West Indian Literature

Warner-Lewis, Maureen

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“…Throughout the Commonwealth Caribbean, literature in English is most prevalent, but English-lexified creoles are frequently in poems and plays, and also in short stories and novels. This is especially in dialogue, but also as the voice of first and third person narration (Mü hleisen 2002;Warner-Lewis 2001;Winer 1990). In recent years, Hawai'i Creole has also become widely used in the literature with the appearance of many popular poems and short stories and several novels using dialogue in the language (Romaine 1994(Romaine , 1996(Romaine , 2005.…”

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Bilingual literacy in creole contexts

Siegel

2010

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

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This article examines whether the conventional notion of bilingual literacy is applicable to speakers of creole languages in terms of autonomy, codification, instrumentalisation, education and literacy practices. It then goes on to describe alternative conceptions of both literacy and bilingualism that appear to be more relevant to creole contexts Á namely, the sociocultural literacy approach and truncated bilingualism. The article concludes with a discussion of the educational benefits to creole speakers of adopting either conventional or alternative bilingual literacy practices in the classroom.

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Bilingual literacy in creole contexts

Siegel

2010

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The role of literary translators in the West Indian literary field and the importance of Creole

Perejoan

2016

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Stemming from the belief in both the potential transformative power of art and the intellectual’s role in social struggles, this article foregrounds the figure of the literary translator as an intellectual that holds the potential to contribute to the advancement of Caribbean narratives through his or her ethically and politically motivated translations. The article uses Pierre Bourdieu’s theorizing to emphasize on the necessarily collaborative nature of the role of literary translators of West Indian literature. Furthermore, since most frequently than not Creole languages are an integral part of West Indian texts, this article pinpoints the translator’s ability to both discern and understand Creole as a crucial aspect for translations to be engaged and participate in regional ideological struggles.

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Language Use in West Indian Literature

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Bilingual literacy in creole contexts

Bilingual literacy in creole contexts

The role of literary translators in the West Indian literary field and the importance of Creole

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