{"product_id":"the-crucible-of-carolina-essays-in-the-development-of-gullah-language-and-culture-paperback","title":"The Crucible of Carolina: Essays in the Development of Gullah Language and Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDale Rosengarten\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eIan Hancock\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eJoko Sengova\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ten essays in \u003ci\u003eThe Crucible of Carolina\u003c\/i\u003e explore the connections between the language and culture of South Carolina's barrier islands, West Africa, the Caribbean, and England. Decades before any formal, scholarly interest in South Carolina barrier life, outsiders had been commenting on and documenting the \"African\" qualities of the region's black inhabitants. These qualities have long been manifest in their language, religious practices, music, and material culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough direct contact between South Carolina and Africa continued until the Civil War, the era of Caribbean contact was briefer and ended with the close of the American colonial period. Throughout this volume, though, the contributors look beyond the cultural motivations and political appeal of strengthening the links between coastal Carolina and Africa and examine the cost of a diminished recognition of this important Caribbean influence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNot surprisingly, the influence of the pioneering linguist Lorenzo Dow Turner is reflected in many of these essays. The work presented in this volume, however, moves beyond Turner in dealing with the discourse and stylistic aspects of Gullah; in relating patters of Gullah to other Anglophone creoles and to various processes of creolization; and in questioning the usefulness of \"retention,\" \"survival,\" and \"continuity\" as operational concepts in comparative research. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWithin this context of furthering and challenging Turner's work in the barrier islands, and in seeking a truer measure of both African and Caribbean influences there, the contributors cover such topics as names and naming, the language of religious rituals, basket-making traditions, creole discourse patterns, and the grammatical morphology of Gullah and related creole and pidgin languages. Other contributors consider the substrate contributions and African continuities to be found in New World language patterns into new patterns adapted to the various situations in the New World. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOpening new and advancing previous areas of research, \u003ci\u003eThe Crucible of Carolina\u003c\/i\u003e also contributes to a further appreciation of the richness and diversity of South Carolina's cultural heritage.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMICHAEL MONTGOMERY is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English and Linguistics at the University of South Carolina. He has studied, written, and spoken widely on the English of the American South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.97 x 6.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130386649223,"sku":"9780820331157","price":53.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/1a65c36af88c55376e7f7e78adba09c3.webp?v=1732610372","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-crucible-of-carolina-essays-in-the-development-of-gullah-language-and-culture-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}