WEEK 5
- Discussion of the previous week's assignment: Milroy (1984).
- The intended audience of Milroy (1984).
- Do known or novel facts support the Milroy's proposal?
- Milroy's background assumptions.
- What is 'creolization'? Milory's interpretation.
- A broader interpretation of 'creolization': Bailey and Maroldt
(1977).
ASSIGNMENT:
Read the
excerpt
downloadable here (WARNING: it is not going to be easy!).
Try to identify:
its intended audience;
its main purpose;
the empirical support for the authors' proposal (if any).