Table of Contents

1. Map; 2. Preface; 3. Introduction (by Aceto, Michael); 4. Defining ethnic varieties in the Bahamas: Phonological accommodation in black and white enclave communities (by Childs, Becky); 5. The grammatical features of TMA auxiliaries in Bahamian Creole (by McPhee, Helean); 6. English in the Turks and Caicos Islands: A look at Grand Turk (by Cutler, Cecelia A.); 7. Language variety in the Virgin Islands: Plural markings (by Sabino, Robin); 8. The establishment and perpetuation of Anglophone white enclave communities in the Eastern Caribbean: The case of Island Harbor, Anguilla (by Williams, Jeffrey P.); 9. What are Creole languages?: An alternative approach to the Anglophone Atlantic World with special emphasis on Barbudan Creole English (by Aceto, Michael); 10. Language variation and language use among teachers in Dominica (by Bryan, Beverley); 11. An "English Creole" that isn't: On the sociohistorical origins and linguistic classification of the vernacular English in St. Lucia (by Garrett, Paul B.); 12. The Carriacou Shakespeare Mas': Linguistic creativity in a Creole community (by Fayer, Joan M.); 13. Creole English on Carriacou: A sketch and some implications (by Kephart, Ronald); 14. Barbadian lects: Beyond Meso (by Herk, Gerard Van); 15. Eastern Caribbean suprasegmental systems: A comparative view, with particular reference to Barbadian, Trinidadian, and Guyanese (by Sutcliffe, David); 16. References; 17. Index

Reviews

This volume covers a wide variety of linguistic concerns and introduces data on many Caribbean varieties that have received little linguistic interest. This collection should be welcomed by all linguists who study is in the Anglophone Caribbean. There are chapters that will also be of interest to grammarians, phonologists, anthropologists, and sociologists.
*Ken Decker, SIL International*