Caribbean Language Issues Old & New

Caribbean
Language Issues Old and New was conceived as a tribute to Professor
Mervyn Alleyne--who is widely acknowledged as a pioneer in the
field of Caribbean language-on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday.
A wide variety of issues are dealt with: phonology, syntax, discourse, creole genesis, language problems in education, among others. Some authors re-visit topics on which Alleyne himself has written, building his insights in many cases, while others explore areas which had not been investigated previously.
This work provides access to recent research by Caribbean scholars, and goes some way towards filling a gap, particularly in its usefulness to students of linguistics and teachers of English. At the same time, the uninitiated reader who decides to explore its pages will not be unrewarded, since the the style is simple and direct and the content, for the most part, not highly technical.

Pauline Christie is Tutor and past Senior Lecturer at the Department of Language, Linguistics and Philosophy, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. Her research interests include Dominican Creole, Jamaican Creole, Caribbean English and language acquisition. Recent publications include her edited volune Caribbean Language Issues Old and New (Kingston, Jamaica: The Press, University of the West Indies, 1996).