Department of English
207 Lind Hall
207 Church Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612-625-3363

College of Liberal Arts Voices from the Gaps

Geneviève Escure

Genevieve Escure portrait

Professor

Ph.D. Linguistics, Indiana University, 1975
210D Lind Hall
(612) 625-6095
Fax (612) 624-8228
escur001@umn.edu 

Department Affiliations

English

Areas of Expertise

linguistics/sociolinguistics; pidgins, creoles and other contact languages, Belizean Creole (Central America); endangered languages; Garifuna (Belize and Honduras; African-American English, Chinese-English Pidgin English; Chinese language variation; language, gender and identity

Selected Publications

Creoles, Contact and Language Change: Linguistic and Social Implications. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, Creole Language Library vol. 27, edited with Armin Schwegler, 2004.

Creole and Dialect Continua: Standard Acquisition Processes in Belize and China (PRC). Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, Creole Language Library, vol.18, 1997.

“Pidgins/Creoles and discourse.” The Handbook of Pidgins and Creoles. Ed. John Singler and Silvia Kouwenberg. London: Blackwell Handbooks (2006)).

“Black/white contacts and the maintenance of identity in Minneapolis African American English: An examination of habitual aspect." Studies in Contact Linguistics: Essays in Honor of Glenn G. Gilbert. Ed. Janet Fuller and Linda Thornburg. New York: Peter Lang (2006).

“Garifuna in Belize and Honduras.”Creoles, Contact and Language Change: Linguistic and Social Implications. Ed. Geneviève Escure & Armin Schwegler. Creole Language Library. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins (2004).

"Belizean Creole: Gender, creole, and the role of women in language change." Gender Across Languages: The linguistic representation of women and men. Ed, Marlis Hellinger and Hadumod Bussman. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins (2001).

“Belize and other Central American varieties: Morphology and syntax.” A Handbook of Varieties of English: The Americas and the Caribbean. Ed. Edgar Schneider. The Hague: Mouton (2004).

"Creole Speech Samples" [accompanying CD]. A Handbook of Varieties of English: The Americas and the Caribbean. Ed. Edgar Schneider. The Hague: Mouton (2004).

"Belize: Language Situation." The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, second edition. Oxford: Elsevier Publishers, 2005.

"Pidgins and Creoles." Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems. (theme 6.91 Linguistics) UNESCO, 2006.


Graduate Courses

Topics in Linguistics
Aspects of English
Pidgins, Creoles and Other Contact Languages
Language Policy in Multilingual Societies
History of English

Undergraduate Courses

Structure of the English language/linguistics
Sociolinguistics
World Englishes
American English and Society
Language and Gender
Pidgins and Creoles