Africanisms in the Gullah dialect
By: Lorenzo D. Turner ; with a new introduction by Katherine Wyly Mille and Michael B. Montgomery.
Series: Southern classics series
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press, c2002.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Sea Islands Creole dialect -- Etymology.
Description: "A unique creole language spoken on the coastal islands and adjacent mainland of South Carolina and Georgia, Gullah existed as an isolated and largely ignored linguistic phenomenon until the publication of Lorenzo Dow Turner's landmark volume Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect.

In his classic treatise, Turner, the first professionally trained African American linguist, focused on a people whose language had long been misunderstood, lifted a shroud that had obscured the true history of Gullah, and demonstrated that it drew important linguistic features directly from the languages of West Africa. Initially published in 1949, this work of Afrocentric scholarship opened American minds to a little-known culture while initiating a means for the Gullah people to reclaim and value their past.

The book presents a reference point for today's discussions about ever-present language varieties, Ebonics, and education, offering important reminders about the subtleties and power of racial and cultural prejudice." "In their introduction to the volume, Katherine Wyly Mille and Michael B. Montgomery set the text in its sociolinguistic context, explore recent developments in the celebration of Gullah culture, and honor Turner with a recounting of his life and scholarly accomplishments."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-299) and index.
"Published in cooperation with the Institute for Southern Studies and the South Caroliniana Society of the University of South Carolina."
Originally published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1949.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. BACKGROUNDS; title: Importation of Slaves to South Carolina and; title: Georgia Direct from Africa; title: The British Dialects and Baby-Talk; title: Difficulties Which Have Confronted Investigators of Gullah; title: 2. PHONETIC ALPHABET AND DIACRITICS; title: Phonetic Alphabet; title: A. Vowels; title: B. Diphthongs.; title: C. Consonants; title: Diacritics; title: A. Tone Marks; title: B. Accent Marks; title: C. Others; title: 3. WEST AFRICAN WORDS IN GULLAH; title: Personal Names; title: A. The Twi; title: B. The Dahomeans; title: C. The Mandingo; title: D. The Yoruba; title: E. The Ibo; title: F. The Northern Tribes of Nigeria; title: G. The Ovimbundu; title: H. Personal Names Used by the Gullahs; title: Abbreviations; title: Other Words Used in Conversation; title: Some Expressions Heard Only in Stories, Songs, and Prayers; title: 4. SYNTACTICAL FEATURES; title: Voice; title: Verb Phrases; title: do as a Verb of Incomplete Predication; title: Comparison of Adjectives; title: Verbal Adjectives; title: Word Order; title: Frequent Repetition of Words and Phrases throughout the; title: Sentence; title: 5. MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; title: Number.; title: A. Nouns; title: B. Verbs; title: Tense; title: Case; title: A. Pronouns; title: B. Nouns; title: Gender; title: 6. SOME WORD-FORMATIONS; title: The Use of Groups of Words for Parts of Speech; title: Reduplicated Forms; title: Onomatopoetic Expressions; title: 7. SOUNDS; title: Consonants; title: Vowels; title: 8. INTONATION; title: 9. GULLAH TEXTS; title: Numerals; title: Songs; title: Some Mende Expressions Occurring in Gullah Stories; title: Hard Times on Edisto; title: The Earthquake [1886] By Diana Brown; title: The Earthquake [1886] By Rosina Cohen; title: A Prayer; title: Narratives of Religious Experience; title: The Hag; title: The Ghost; title: Recollections of Slavery; title: Making Manure on St. Helena Island; title: The Chief of the Stevedores; title: Appendix; title: I. INFORMANTS; title: II. BIBLIOGRAPHY.