LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY IN THE US

AN INTRODUCTION

Chapter 13

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Examples and Resources

Page # Callout # Link Description
282 13.1 http://apics-online.info/contributions#2/30.3/10.0 Map of Pidgin and Creole distribution.
284 13.2 https://archives.pdx.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=52&q=chinook The Chinook Jargon Collection at Portland State University.
289 13.3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvuWSJI87r8&list=PLu8HeCpERTlnn2r0_maBC2i9ZXt5ZRDaC&index=1 Video: History of Gullah.
290 13.4 http://www.lap.uga.edu/Site/Gullah.html American Linguistic Atlas Projects Gullah page.
292 13.5 http://gullahgeecheenation.com/ The Gullah/Geechee Nation.
293 13.6 a) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4PEcVK6gbM
b) http://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/16/movies/review-film-daughters-of-the-dust-the-demise-of-a-tradition.html
c) http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/twenty-years-later-julie-dashs-film-daughters-of-the-dust-continues-to-inspire/Content?oid=3582660
a) Daughters of the Dust trailer
b) Review of Daughters of the Dust
c) "Twenty years later, Julie Dash's film Daughters of the Dust continues to inspire"
293 13.7 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/17/entertainment-us-americanidol-glover-idUSBRE94G0LI20130517 Candice Glover: "US 'Idol' winner shines light on South's Gullah culture."
292 13.8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tfVpHYyDcY Video: Louisiana Creole and ethnic identity.
294 13.9 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH2eRRh4Bls Video: "Buckwheat Zydeco."
294 13.10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E9iHs6S47w Video: "Time to Learn French Creole"
295 13.11 http://www.hawaii.edu/satocenter/langnet/definitions/hce.html Hawaiian Creole, info and sound files.
295 13.12 http://pidginthevoiceofhawaii.com/time/ Pidgin: The Voice of Hawaii. Film info and trailer.
296 13.13 http://www.metisnation.org/culture--heritage/michif Métis Nation of Ontario.
297 13.14 [Coming soon!] Video clips of other creole languages.

Flashcards

Suggested Reading

Pidgins and Creoles in the United States

Bakker, P. (1997). A language of our own: The genesis of Michif, the mixed Cree-French language of the Canadian Metis.  New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Crawford, J. M. (1978). The Mobilian Trade Language. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press.

Holm, J. (1988). Pidgins and creoles, Vol. 1: Theory and structure. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Holm, J. (1989). Pidgins and creoles, Vol. 2: Reference Survey. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Holm, J. (2000). An introduction to pidgins and creoles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Klingler, T. A. (2003). If I could turn my tongue like that: The creole language of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press.

Nichols, P. (1981). Creoles of the U.S.A. In C. A. Ferguson & S. B. Heath (Eds.) Language in the U.S.A. (pp. 69-91). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Nichols, P. (2004). Creole languages: Forging new identities. In E. Finegan & J. R. Rickford (Eds.), Language in the U.S.A.: Themes for the twenty-first century (pp. 133-152). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Sebba, M. (1997). Contact languages: Pidgins and creoles. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press.

Todd, L. (1974). Pidgins and creoles. Boston, MA: Routledge and Kegan Paul.

Twining, M. & Baird, K. (1991). Sea Island roots: The African presence in the Carolinas and Georgia. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press.

Turner, L. D. (1949). Africanisms in the Gullah dialect. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Valdman, A. (Ed.). (1977). Pidgin and creole linguistics. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.