©2006 P. Prescod
©2006 P. Prescod |
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Conference papers, publications "Indefinite Pronouns in Vincentian Creole and English: A Comparative Approach." Presented at the 14th Biennial Conference of the Society for Caribbean Linguistics, University of the West Indies, St. Augustin, Trinidad, 14-17 August, 2002. "Just What do VinC Indefinite Pronouns Entail?" Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics, in association with the Linguistic Society of America, Atlanta, Georgia, 2-5 January, 2003. "Le rôle de la décréolisation dans l’analyse des fonctions de /fo/ en créole vincentien." Presented during group discussion "Contacts de langues", LLACAN - CNRS 18 Octobre, 2002. [abstract] "Stress Assignment and Functions of Pitch in VinC." Presented at the International Workshop on the Phonology and Morphology of Creole Languages, 8-10 October, 2003. Published in Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung Journal of Language Typology and Universals. Special edition on the study of stress, tone and intonation in creoles. Ed. BHATT, Parth & Ingo PLAG, (STUF) 59.2. 2006 pp 191-210. [abstract] "La dérivation en créole vincentien : processus morphologiques et phonologiques." Poster presentation: 7ème Rencontres des Jeunes Chercheurs (RJC), Université Paris III, Sorbonne Nouvelle, 15 May, 2004. Published in Les Actes des 7ème RJC, pp 30-33. [abstract] "The formation of deverbal nouns in Vincentian creole: morphophonological and syntactic processes." Presented at the Conference on Creole language structure between substrates and superstrates, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany, 3 - 5 June, 2005. Published in Roots of Creole Structures: Weighing the contribution of substrates and superstrates. Creole Language Library Series pp 333-355 , Ed. Susanne Michaelis. John Benjamins, Amsterdam. [abstract] "On -self and Reflexivity in English-lexicon creoles." Seventh Creolistics Workshop - Simplicity and complexity in pidgins and creoles, University of Giessen, Germany, 6 - 8 April, 2006. Published (2009) in the volume Simplicity and Complexity in Creoles and Pidgins. FARACLAS, Nicholas & Thomas KLEIN (eds). Westminster Creolistics Series 10. London & Colombo: Battlebridge Publications. pp. 153-174. [abstract] "Towards a Writing System for Vincentian Creole." Searchlight Newspaper: A St Vincent & The Grenadines weekly. 2600 words, published in 3 parts: 17 February, 24 February, 3 March, 2006. "x-self. Reflexives and Intensifiers in English-lexified Creoles." Presented at the: 16th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Caribbean Linguistics, Roseau, Commonwealth of Dominica, 2-6 August 2006. [abstract] "A demolinguistic profile of St Vincent and the Grenadines: or a successful attempt at linguistic disenfranchisement." Presented with Dr Adrian Fraser at the 16th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Caribbean Linguistics, Roseau, Commonwealth of Dominica, 2- 6 August 2006. Published in Anthropos: International Review of Anthropology and Linguistics 103. 2008/1 pp 99-112. [abstract] Une description grammaticale du syntagme nominal dans le créole anglophone de Saint-Vincent-et-les-Grenadines. PhD Thesis, defended in 2004. Publication available from Atelier Nationale de Reproduction des Thèses. English translation forthcoming. "Is decreolisation responsible for variation: the case of for in Vincentian speech." Paper presented at the 9th Annual Eastern Caribbean Conference, St Vincent and the Grenadines, 1 - 4 November 2006. [abstract] "Is decreolisation responsible for variation: the case of for in Vincentian speech." Paper presented at the Joint Summer Meeting of the SPCL and the ACBLPE, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 18-20 June 2007. [abstract] "Langue et culture vincentiennes et guadelopéennes: une analyse comparatiste." Invited talk. Médiathèque Caraïbe Bettino Lara (LAMECA). Delivered in November 2007. "Sentential negation and the distribution of n-words in Atlantic English-based Creoles." SCL/SPCL Conference, 28-31 July 2008. Cayenne, French Guiana. [abstract] "The syntax of negation and indefinite pronouns in Standard English and its Caribbean creole varieties." European Society for the Study of English- ESSE. 22-26 August 2008. Aarhus, Denmark. [abstract] "What does and doesn’t do for creoles: zeroing in on aspect and negation." Invited talk NORMS Workshop on Auxiliaries, Mood and Modality, 17-18 September. NTNU (Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet) – Trondheim, Norway. [abstract] "Aspectual closure: between pragmatic and prosodic phenomena." 8th Creolistics Workshop: Pidgins and Creoles in a Comparative Perspective, Giessen, Germany, April 2009. [abstract] "Tense, aspect and modality in Vincentian Creole." First APiCS Meeting, Max Planck Institute, Leipzig. 4-8 November, 2009. Workshops facilitated 2009 - From memorising to producing in FFL at the B1/B2 of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) - From understanding to conceptualising in FFL: A2 of the CEFR - From the Discovery level (A1) to the Survival level (A2) in FFL2007 Creole interference in English language
acquisition, St Vincent 2007 Teaching French through songs, St
Vincent 2006 Designing a writing system for Vincentian
creole for teachers, primary/secondary 2000 Promotional campaign for the teaching of
French in St Vincent, publication of a brochure Learning French: A must in St
Vincent & the Grenadines 1999 Dramatisation and fluency of speech, FFL
(French Foreign Language) 1998 The communicative approach – communication
in the language class 1998 Acoustic and perceptive phonetics, FFL 1997 Past tenses in French – a creative
approach 1997 Evaluation in French
foreign language teaching – learner self-evaluation |