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I am a Research Fellow in Lexicography and the Director of the Centre for Caribbean Lexicography, part of the Department of Languages, Linguistics & Literature at the University of the West Indies-Cave Hill. I recently got my Ph.D. in Linguistics and French Linguistics at Indiana University-Bloomington, where I also had a minor in Anthropology.
My research interests are wide, but principally I am interested in the relationship between language, society, and culture, particularly in lexicography and in language contact, with a particular interest in pidgins and creoles. My dissertation fieldwork began in the summer of 2010, which focuses on the contact between two closely related creoles spoken in Cayenne, Haitian and Guianese French Creoles. In addition, I have co-edited a working papers volume on language and gender and a second working papers volume on language contact.
I have also included a brief biography, my CV as well as sample writings (both listed under CV), as well as my teaching philosophy and materials.
My research interests are wide, but principally I am interested in the relationship between language, society, and culture, particularly in lexicography and in language contact, with a particular interest in pidgins and creoles. My dissertation fieldwork began in the summer of 2010, which focuses on the contact between two closely related creoles spoken in Cayenne, Haitian and Guianese French Creoles. In addition, I have co-edited a working papers volume on language and gender and a second working papers volume on language contact.
I have also included a brief biography, my CV as well as sample writings (both listed under CV), as well as my teaching philosophy and materials.
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All images come from my fieldwork in French Guiana. They belong to me and are not authorized to be used without my written permission.
Pictured on this page (L-R): Ariane launches from the European Space Center in Kourou. A gazebo in the Place des Amandiers, Cayenne. Stands at the market in Cayenne. The text is the Guianese Creole equivalent of Welcome!, literally "I am happy to receive you."
Pictured on this page (L-R): Ariane launches from the European Space Center in Kourou. A gazebo in the Place des Amandiers, Cayenne. Stands at the market in Cayenne. The text is the Guianese Creole equivalent of Welcome!, literally "I am happy to receive you."