Orthographic Standardization for Trinidad and Tobago: Linguistic and Sociopolitical Considerations in an English Creole Community.

Winer, Lise

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ERIC Number: EJ418385

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Publication Date: 1990

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Orthographic Standardization for Trinidad and Tobago: Linguistic and Sociopolitical Considerations in an English Creole Community.

Winer, Lise

Language Problems and Language Planning, v14 n3 p237-68 Fall 1990

Proposes a standardized orthography for the English Creole vernacular of Trinadad and Tobago. The reasons for this standardization are to meet the needs of a local population writing more and more in Creole, and to prepare a standard reference dictionary of the language. (43 references) (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Creoles, English, Foreign Countries, Oral Language, Orthographic Symbols, Standards, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Written Language

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Trinidad and Tobago

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