A Creole Lexicon: Architecture, Landscape, PeopleLSU Press, 2004 - 304 pagina's 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, and Caribbean sources -- developed to suit the multiethnic needs of settlers, planters, explorers, builders, surveyors, and government officials. Today, this historic vernacular is often opaque to historians, architects, attorneys, geographers, scholars, and the general public who need to understand its meanings. With A Creole Lexicon, Jay Edwards and Nicolas Kariouk provide a highly organized resource for its recovery. Here are definitions for thousands of previously lost or misapplied terms, including watercraft and land vehicles, furniture, housetypes unique to Louisiana, people, and social categories. |
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... index. ISBN 978-0-8071-2764-3 (hardcover: alk. paper) 1. Vernacular architecture—Louisiana—Terminology. 2. Creoles—Louisiana—Material culture—Terminology. I. Kariouk Pecquet du Bellay de Verton, Nicolas, 1930–II. Title. NA730.L8E2997 ...
... Indexes 207 Contents 209 Index 1 Physical Geography 209 Index 2 Cultural Geography and Landscape 211 Index 3 Plantation and Farm 214 Index 4 Units of Measure: Linear, Areal, Cadastral, Volume, and Weight 217 Index 5 People, Professions ...
... Index 14 Furniture, Furnishings, and Certain Implements of the Creole House 244 Index 15 Some French and Creole Verbs 246 Index 16 Geographical References 248 Appendix: A Componential Analysis of New Orleans Vernacular Core Modules 253 ...
... Index 10). Our justification is that there is no other available unified source for this information. The English translations of some of these terms may be difficult to understand. A number of French constructional and decorative ...
... Indexes. For a fuller appreciation of a concept listed as a main entry, including synonyms and antonyms, check the several associated definitions (in bold) both within and at the end of the main entries. Many Regionalisms: Regions of ...
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Topical Indexes | 207 |
A Componential Analysis of New Orleans Vernacular Core Modules | 253 |
Bibliography | 255 |
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A Creole Lexicon: Architecture, Landscape, People Jay Edwards,Nicolas Kariouk Pecquet du Bellay de Verton Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2004 |
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