Fishermen, farmers, traders: Language and economic history on St. Barthélemy, French West Indies

Autor:	Julianne Maher
Rok vydání:	1996
Předmět:	Linguistics and Language education.field_of_study Sociology and Political Science Creole language Population Language and Linguistics Social fragmentation Geography Linguistic sequence complexity Economic history Social history Multilingualism education Economic change West indies
Zdroj:	Language in Society. 25:373-406
ISSN:	1469-8013 0047-4045
DOI:	10.1017/s0047404500019217
Popis:	St. Barthélemy, a small island in the northeastern Caribbean, is populated primarily by descendants of 17th century French settlers, and hosts seven language varieties. To explain the linguistic complexity of the island, this article reconstructs both its social history (using censuses, church records, and land registries) and its economic history, analyzing the effects of economic change on the island's population. The two offshoot communities on St. Thomas provide evidence of social fragmentation related to occupational differences. Functional explanations for St. Barth's linguistic diversity are inadequate; however, the social network theory of Milroy & Milroy 1992 proves useful in explaining the persistence of language differences in this small isolated community. (Social networks, life-modes, economic change, societal multilingualism, creole languages, French, West Indies, St. Barthélemy)
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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