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1 online resource (xxi, 364 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction -- 1 Outline of the Book -- References -- Part I: Tracing the Development of Discourses in the Caribbean -- 2: Styles and Stylistic Change in Creole Languages: Formal Language in the Eastern Maroon Creole -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Style and Authority in Language -- 3 Maroons: Background and Local Conceptualisations of Language -- 3.1 Brief Summary of the History and the Current Context -- 3.2 The Linguistic Context -- 4 Data and Methodology |
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5 Respect Speech Across Space and Time -- 5.1 The Makeup of Lesipeki Taki -- 5.2 Respect Speech in Urban Contexts -- 5.3 Respect Speech in Mediated Contexts -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- 3: Towards a Discursive History of the Caribbean as a History of Genres -- 1 Introduction: Texts and Discourse in the Caribbean: Literary Genres and Beyond -- 2 Towards a Discursive History of Caribbean Englishes/Creoles as a History of Genres -- 3 The Development of Genres in the Caribbean: Processes of Transfer, Adaptation and Transformation in Selected Case Studies |
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3.1 Case Study 1: The Recipe in Trinidad -- 3.2 Case Study 2: The Radio Phone-in Programme in Trinidad -- 3.3 Case Study 3: The Internet Forum in Trinidad -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Discourse and Public Policy in the Caribbean -- 4: Critical Discourse Studies and Curriculum Development in Trinidad and Tobago: Exploring Discursive Practices in Education Policy -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 3 The Text and Discourse Practice -- 4 Intertextual Links -- 5 The Sociocultural Practice -- 6 Conclusion -- References |
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Part III: Discursive Constructions of the Caribbean Prime Minister -- 5: Taking Responsibility: Conceptual Metaphor and the Accession Stage of Leadership in Eric Williams' Inward Hunger: The Making of a Prime Minister -- 1 Metaphors and Conceptual Metaphors -- 2 Combining Conceptual Metaphor and Stages of Leadership -- 3 Establishing the Context for Leadership -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- 6: Masking the Critic: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Newspaper Editorials -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Approach to the Dispute in the Editorial -- 3 Data Selection and Coding |
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4 Theoretical Orientation -- 5 Method -- 6 Discussion -- 6.1 Text Design -- 6.2 Interpretation -- 6.3 Social Relations -- 6.4 Discursive Elements -- 6.5 Socio-cultural Elements -- 6.6 A Case of 'Pivoting' -- 7 Conclusion -- Appendix -- Editorials -- References -- 7: "The Most Honourable Brogad": A Critical Discourse Analysis of Jamaica's Prime Minister as Hero, Sex Symbol and Villain on Social Media -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Political Discourse -- 1.2 The Nature of Political Discourse in Jamaica -- 2 Critical Discourse Analysis: A Discourse Historical Approach -- 3 Holness's Youthful Exuberance |
| Summary |
This edited collection represents a first-of-its-kind exploration of English-related discourses in the Caribbean. Drawing from Critical Discourse and stylistic analyses, the book's wide-ranging chapters examine language as it is produced within the complex demographic milieu of the region. It addresses a critical lack of linguistic scholarship on discourse types from the Caribbean, since the major academic focus in the post-independence era has been on descriptive and interventionist work in Creole Linguistics. This volume seeks to add new dimensions to language in practice with its focus on the development of discourse types within the region, public policy, discourses surrounding the galvanising figure of the Caribbean Prime Minister, literary discourses, and gender and media representations. As a site of great variation, linguistic and otherwise, the Caribbean provides unique insight into the interplay of the socio-political and language in contemporary societies in the Global South. Based on work presented at the University of Trinidad and Tobagos Stylistics, Critical Discourse Analysis and Language Use in the Caribbean 2021 conference, the book draws together papers from established Caribbeanists seeking to bridge the existing theoretical and analytical gap between the more macro, socio-political aspects of studies in the social sciences, and the more micro features of linguistic analysis. With its breadth of coverage and analysis, this volume has implications for work being done at all levels of university scholarship in the social sciences, media discourses, decolonisation practices, and language and society in postcolonial and multi-ethnic contexts worldwide. Ryan Durgasingh is a Research Fellow at Ruhr University, Bochum, and PhD candidate at the University of Mnster, Germany, where his work focuses on morphosyntactic variation in Caribbean Englishes. His research interests include stylistics, Critical Discourse Studies, variationist sociolinguistics, and corpus-based approaches to linguistic analysis. Nicha Selvon-Ramkissoon is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Education Programmes, University of Trinidad and Tobago. Her main areas of interest are in Language Arts Curriculum Development, Second Dialect/Language Pedagogy, Critical Discourse Studies, and Translanguaging pedagogy for migrant communities |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 04, 2024) |
| Subject |
English language -- Caribbean Area
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English language -- Discourse analysis.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Durgasingh, Ryan, editor
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Selvon-Ramkissoon, Nicha, editor
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| ISBN |
9783031450471 |
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3031450477 |
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