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Product Description: This book is original in its conception, perspective and treatment of the languages and identities of the West Indies as a whole. Peter Roberts makes extensive use of a huge range of multiple and multilingual historical sources to let the voices of the past speak for themselves, and unearths forgotten connections that reveal the interrelatedness of territories and their 'historical saga'...read more
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9780521727457 | 1 edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, June 30, 2009), cover price $40.95 | About this edition: This book is original in its conception, perspective and treatment of the languages and identities of the West Indies as a whole.
Product Description: The book concentrates on the following topics: The different varieties of language to be found in everyday West Indian society Differences in outstanding features of individual West Indian territories Information about the historical sources of West Indian English The difficulties of representing a predominantly oral culture in writing The orthography used to represent spoken language Various features of technology adopted by West Indians in methods of communication Language and the supernatural - an additional, new section The development of language education policy Some aspects of practice in teaching and learning in West Indian school...read more
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9780521351362 | Cambridge Univ Pr, November 1, 1988, cover price $61.95 | also contains She Comes First: The Thinking Man's Guide to Pleasuring a Woman | About this edition: An introduction to the variety of language used throughout the Caribbean region, aimed at secondary school and university students of English and Use of English and Communication in the Caribbean, as well as teachers and lecturers within multicultural societies.
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9780521696982, titled "West Indians & Their Language" | 2 edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, April 30, 2007), cover price $38.35 | About this edition: The book concentrates on the following topics: The different varieties of language to be found in everyday West Indian society Differences in outstanding features of individual West Indian territories Information about the historical sources of West Indian English The difficulties of representing a predominantly oral culture in writing The orthography used to represent spoken language Various features of technology adopted by West Indians in methods of communication Language and the supernatural - an additional, new section The development of language education policy Some aspects of practice in teaching and learning in West Indian schools
9780521359559 | Cambridge Univ Pr, November 1, 1988, cover price $27.00 | About this edition: An introduction to the great variety of language used throughout the Caribbean region, aimed at secondary school and university students of English and Use of English and Communication in the Caribbean, as well as teachers and lecturers within multicultural societies.
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9789766400378 | Univ of West Indies Pr, August 1, 2000, cover price $37.00
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