A grammar of Belizean Creole
Subtitle: compilations from two existing United States dialects
By: Laurie A. Greene.
Series: Berkeley models of grammars ;; vol. 7
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Peter
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Creole dialects, English -- Belize -- Grammar.; Creole dialects -- New York (State) -- New York.; Creole dialects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Description: In New Orleans and the boroughs of New York City, varieties of Belizean Creole are spoken within immigrant communities. This text provides a grammatical description and comparison of these two expatriate varieties of the Caribbean Creole language, Belizean Creole.

The grammar is unusual in that it incorporates cultural and social variables in the formal grammatical analysis, describing linguistic "performance" as well as communal "competence." Two appendices are included, containing an abridged Belizean Creole-English dictionary and a group of sample dialogues that have been phonetically transcribed and translated.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-262) and index.