Teacher Attitudes toward Language Varieties in a Creole Community.

Winford, Donald

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Teacher Attitudes toward Language Varieties in a Creole Community

Winford, Donald

Linguistics, 175, 45-75, Jul 76

This article, reporting a study of teacher attitudes toward the linguistic situation in their Caribbean communities, suggests that the social values attached to varieties of English in Creole Communities must be regarded as substantially different from those which obtain in more usual dialect situations. (POP)

Descriptors: Creoles, Dialects, Language Attitudes, Language Role, Language Usage, Language Variation, Official Languages, Social Values, Sociolinguistics, Teacher Attitudes

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