Creole Language and Caribbean Identities (Spring 2017) (M-I-T)

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10. Against Creole Exceptionalism, Part 3: Creole formation is language acquisition plus social factors (M-I-T)

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12. A brief & partial history of anti-Creole myths at the core of imperialism—linguistic & otherwise (M-I-T)

2. How much variation in space and in time through the history of Haitian Creole? (M-I-T)

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4. Post-colonial discourses of power & identity; the making of socio-economic & cultural hierarchies (M-I-T)

5. Language and discourses of power in the making of “authentic” identities in post-colonial societies (M-I-T)

6. Language, culture, identity and

7. Feedback to students who led class discussion (M-I-T)

8. Against Creole Exceptionalism, Part 1: Creole languages are perfectly normal languages (M-I-T)

9. Against Creole Exceptionalism, Part 2: Creole formation is normal language change (M-I-T)