This course details the linguistic history and the current linguistic situations found in the island and mainland territories of the Caribbean. Those current situations can only be properly understood by considering the historical movements, both free and enforced, of people of diverse backgrounds into the Caribbean. This course also considers the typological characteristics of the languages of the Caribbean, and the nature of the remnants inherited from languages now extinct in this part of the world.
- Lecturer: Joseph Farquharson
- Lecturer: Silvia Kouwenberg