A Creole Lexicon: Architecture, Landscape, PeopleLSU Press, 1 sep 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. |
Inhoudsopgave
Topical Indexes | |
Materials of Construction | |
Historic Building Hardware Decorative Fittings and Finishes Index 13 Tools and Implements | |
Furniture Furnishings and Certain Implements of the Creole House Index 15 Some French and Creole Verbs Index 16 Geographical References | |
A Componential Analysis of New Orleans Vernacular Core Modules | |
Bibliography | |
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
A Creole Lexicon: Architecture, Landscape, People Jay Edwards,Nicolas Kariouk Pecquet du Bellay de Verton Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2004 |
A Creole Lexicon: Architecture, Landscape, People Jay Edwards,Nicolas Kariouk Pecquet du Bellay de Verton Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2004 |