Book
The status of Gullah: an investigation of convergent processes
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1989 • Pages:
By: Jones-Jackson, Patricia.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study is based on three years of field research by the author from July 1973 through August 1976, primarily on Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina. Additional linguistic research was also conducted on Johns, Edisto, Yongs, and James Islands. The focus of Jackson's research is on the study of the Gullah language and linguistic change from the early days of slavery to the present day. The author reviews and critiques various theories of linguistic change, notably those suggested by DeCamp, Rickford, Turner, Bickerton and Cunningham, and then presents her own analysis of the language based on the quantitative investigation of evolutionary patterns of retention and movement in Gullah with a discussion of the dynamics involved in this variation and movement process through a detailed analysis of grammar and phonology (p. 5). Comparisons are made throughout the text to comparable linguistic elements in the mainland black dialect. The source concludes with the presentation of several Sea Island texts illustrating in context various manifestations of Gullah/Creole phonology, syntax and morphology.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Grammar
- Linguistic identification
- Phonology
- Literature
- Literary texts
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Gullah Geechee
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Linguist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1990-1991
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1973-1976
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1973-1976
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Patricia Ann Jones Jackson
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Michigan, 1978
- UM 7813672
- Most of the research in this study was carried out on Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina. The author also visited neighboring islands and makes comparisons to African-American English, and Jamaican, Cameroon, and Guyanese Creoles. However, as most of the discussion focuses on the Wadmalaw material, I chose the time/place foci as Wadmalaw at the time of her research (1973-1976) for most of the text. (Ian Skoggard, 2005)
- Includes bibliography
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- none
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Sea Islands/Gullahs