The French Creole dialect of Martinique: its historical background, vocabulary, syntax, proverbs and literature; with a glossary

Funk, Henry Elwell

The French Creole dialect of Martinique: its historical background, vocabulary, syntax, proverbs and literature; with a glossary 1521 views

Author

Funk, Henry Elwell, , University of Virginia

Abstract

The present Study of the Creole dialect of Martinique Is a result of personal experience, observations, notes, inquiries and correspondence dating back to 1939. In July of that year the present writer first visited the French island of Martinique in the west Indies for the entire summer. A short while after his arrival he met some young Martinquais of his own age, students on vacation like himself. It was from these college and lyceé  students that the writer first learned about the existance of a local patois, and from them that he acquired his earliest notions of the dialect.

Degree

PHD (Doctor of Philosophy)

Keywords

Creole dialects -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc; Creole dialects -- Martinique

Notes

Digitization of this thesis was made possible by a generous grant from the Jefferson Trust, 2015.

Thesis originally deposited on 2016-03-14 in version 1.28 of Libra. This thesis was migrated to Libra2 on 2017-03-23 16:35:31.

Language

English

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Issued Date

1953-01-01

Persistent Link

https://doi.org/10.18130/V3WS6K

Suggested Citation

Funk, Henry Elwell. The French Creole dialect of Martinique: its historical background, vocabulary, syntax, proverbs and literature; with a glossary. University of Virginia, , PHD (Doctor of Philosophy), 1953-01-01, https://doi.org/10.18130/V3WS6K.

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