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PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY
"Society for Caribbean Linguistics: A Beacon of Caribbean Linguistic Research:
Reflections on the Past, Present and Future"
Jeanette Allsopp
Tuesday, 31 July 2012
9:00 am-10:00 am
PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS
BAHAMIAN CULTURE PANEL "Cultural Similarities and Differences between The Bahamas and other Caribbean/West Indian Countries"
Thursday, August 2, 19:00-21:00
Sheraton, Cable Beach
(Chair: Ian Strachan)
PANELLISTS:
Patricia Glinton-Meicholas (FOLKTALES - similarities)
Gail Saunders (HISTORY - similarities and differences)
Haldane Chase (MUSIC - differences)
Nicolette Bethel (GEOGRAPHY, LAND OWNERSHIP, ORALITY OF BAHAMIAN CULTURE - differences)
Chanti Seymour (LANGUAGE - similarities and differences)
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PANEL 3A
Bahamas: Studies on Bahamian
and Related Languages
CHAIR: Chanti Seymour
Tuesday, July 31 - 13:30-15:30
McPHEE, Helean
Evidence of Creole Features in Bahamian Dialec
LAWLOR, Anne
Creolising Tempos in The Bahamas – A Historical Consideration
DONNELLY, Janet
Monkey Chew Tobacco an’ Spit White Lime: Oral Tradition of The Bahamas as a Window to Its Place in the Creole Continuum
FRANK, David
Discourse Analysis of Gullah Texts
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INDIVIDUAL PAPERS
LAUBE, Alexander
Negation Patterns in Urban Bahamian Creole: A Quantitative and Qualitative Approach.
Panel 7B (Syntax) Wednesday, 13:30-15:30
OENBRING, Raymond
The Digitising and Wiki-ising of the Dictionary of Bahamian English.
Panel 8B (Language and Technology) Wednesday, 16:00-18:00
HACKERT, Stephanie
A Corpus-Linguistic Approach to Educated English in the Bahamas.
Panel 16A (Standard English and English Language Teaching) Friday, 13:30-15:00 |
