The University of the West Indies Press
From Oral to Literate Culture
Peter A. Roberts
From Oral to Literate Culture
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Language
English
ISBN
9789766400378
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
1 An Introduction to the Language of West Indians
2 Nonlinguistic Methods of Communication and Transmission of Information in the Plantation Slave Society
3 Aspects of Oral Culture in the Slave Population
4 Political and Social Influences on the Development of Vernacular English
5 Literate Communication in the Plantation Slave Society
6 The Rise of Printing and Publishing in the West Indies and its Effects
7 Intellectual and Literary Activity and its Effect on Literate English
8 The Rise of Schools and their Effect on English
9 English Language and Literacy in the Early Schools
10 The Legacy of Colonial Literacy in the West Indies
Bibliography
Index
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