The University of the West Indies, Mona

This course analyses the links between language and national identity, and also deals with the role of language in official communication networks. Against this background, it analyses the various kinds of efforts made to and which consciously affect its use in human society, especially in relation to Caribbean Creole speech communities and the various current developments in language policy in Caribbean societies such as Haiti, Suriname, St. Lucia, Dominica, and Jamaica. Finally, this course aims at giving students practical experience related to Language Planning or the development of the resources of languages for official use.