A Sociophonetic Study of the Urban Bahamian Creole Vowel System
Year: 2017
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This thesis seeks to contribute to research in the fields of creolistics, sociolinguistics and phonetics by providing an in-depth acoustic description of the vowel system(s) of 33 Bahamian Creole speakers from Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, taking into account the social countenance of synchronic variation. Results are related to the historical development of Bahamian Creole and to its position at the linguistic crossroads of the Americas.
DOI: 10.5282/edoc.21689
Author: Kraus, Janina
Institution: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Language: English
Subfield: Linguistics and Language
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2801533645