A Creole lexicon : architecture, landscape, people /
Throughout Louisiana's colonial and postcolonial periods, there evolved a highly specialized vocabulary for describing the region's buildings, people, and cultural landscapes. This creolized language-a unique combination of localisms and words borrowed from French, Spanish, English, Indian...
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
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Table of Contents:
- Preface (Edwards and Kariouk); Acknowledgments; Introduction (Edwards with Kariouk); How to Use This Lexicon; Abbreviations; Creole Lexicon; Topical Indexes; Appendix: A Componential Analysis of New Orleans Vernacular Core Modules; Bibliography
