Crisis and Creativity in the New Literatures in EnglishGeoffrey V. Davis, Hena Maes-Jelinek Rodopi, 1990 - 529 pages |
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... Creole lingua franca that could replace the standard in this function . 3. The technicalities of rendering Creole in fiction If critics credit Samuel Selvon with a fine ear for the vernacular , this must not be misunderstood as tape ...
... Creole lingua franca that could replace the standard in this function . 3. The technicalities of rendering Creole in fiction If critics credit Samuel Selvon with a fine ear for the vernacular , this must not be misunderstood as tape ...
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... Creole that have no equivalents in other varieties of English , of serial - verb constructions and of fi - constructions does not add to the widely held prejudice that Caribbean Creoles are impoverished and reduced kinds of English ...
... Creole that have no equivalents in other varieties of English , of serial - verb constructions and of fi - constructions does not add to the widely held prejudice that Caribbean Creoles are impoverished and reduced kinds of English ...
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... Creole which Selvon gives expression to in his fiction . Rather , he has in his quest for a language appropriate to his aims as a writer - shaped a literary and artificial Creole which has the great advantage of not being tied down too ...
... Creole which Selvon gives expression to in his fiction . Rather , he has in his quest for a language appropriate to his aims as a writer - shaped a literary and artificial Creole which has the great advantage of not being tied down too ...
Contents
Mudrooroo NAROGIN Colin JOHNSON | 3 |
Wilson HARRIS | 9 |
Edward Kamau BRATHWAITE | 23 |
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