Dictionary
of St. Lucian Creole : Kweyol-English/English-Kweyol (Trends in
Linguistics. Documentation, No 7)
by Lawrence Carrington (Editor)
Editorial Reviews
From Book News, Inc. , March 1, 1993
St. Lucian Creole (Kweyol) is a variety of Caribbean French- lexicon
Creole spoken by a significant majority of the population of the state
of St. Lucia in the Windward group of the Lesser Antilles. A distinctive
characteristic of this Kweyol-English/English-Kweyol dictionary is the
manner in which Mondesir's glosses treat St. Lucian and English on an
equal footing. Mondesir does not record only the literal and concrete
levels of meaning; he includes in his entries the fullness of the
figurative value of the items, illustrating them with a rich provision
of sample sentences and expressions. On a technical level, the examples
in the dictionary also offer valuable data for those interested in the
syntax of the language. Edited by L.D. Carrington. Annotation copyright
Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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