St. Kitts and the Atlantic Creoles: The Text of Samuel Augustus Matthews in PerspectivePhilip Baker, Adrienne Bruyn |
Contents
General introduction | 1 |
his life and times | 46 |
Bridget Brereton | 59 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
18th century AECs African appears assumed Atlantic attested Baker Barbados Caribbean century clauses colonies consistent constructions contexts copula corresponding Creole derive determiner dialect discussion distribution Dutch earlier early English English Creoles evidence examples existence fact forms French function given historical indicate influence interpretation island Jamaican Kittitian Krio language latter least linguistic London marker marking Maroons master Mathews meaning mentioned Negerhollands Note occur origin past pattern person Pidgin population position possible present Press probably pronoun question reference relative represent respectively seems similar slaves Smith speech spelling Sranan St Kitts structure suggests Surinam Table temporal tense texts translation University variation varieties verb volume vowel West written