Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago

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Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago is written by Lise Winer and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 077357607X (ISBN 10) and 9780773576070 (ISBN 13).

Using the historical principles of the Oxford English Dictionary, Lise Winer presents the first scholarly dictionary of this unique language. The dictionary comprises over 12,200 entries, including over 4500 for flora and fauna alone, with numerous cross-references. Entries include definitions, alternative spellings, pronunciations, etymologies, grammatical information, and illustrative citations of usage. Winer draws from a wide range of sources - newspapers, literature, scientific reports, sound recordings of songs and interviews, spoken language - to provide a wealth and depth of language, clearly situated within a historical, cultural, and social context.