The book concentrates on the following topics: The different varieties of language to be found in everyday West Indian society Differences in outstanding features of individual West Indian territories Information about the historical sources of West Indian English The difficulties of representing a predominantly oral culture in writing The orthography used to represent spoken language Various features of technology adopted by West Indians in methods of communication Language and the supernatural - an additional, new section The development of language education policy Some aspects of practice in teaching and learning in West Indian schools

 

There are 248 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Cambridge University Press .

This book has the following chapters: Language varieties in the West Indies, Creole English, Linguistic differences between the West Indian territories, Linguistic sources of West Indian English, Language and culture, Language in the classroom, Language education policy.