OTHER RESOURCES AND LINKS
Posters
YouTube
N. Hodge's Patois Speakers Channel and its Playlist
Annou Palé Patwa (group) and Annou Palé Patwa (page)
Blogs
Hadden, P. (2011). Mo Jou-a – Word of the Day in Trinidadian French Creole (Patois). Click here for more.
Henry, M. A. (2011). Klas Kwéyòl: Resource and Learning site for those who are learning to speak Trinidadian French Creole (Patois).
Documentaries
Martinique 1ère. Trinidad: Les Dernier Créolophones (2016). (Click here for the original version in French.)
Hodge, N.R. and J.S. Ferreira. (2015). Linguistic Landscapes. UWI, St Augustine: RDIFund.
de Verteuil, A. and E. Cadiz Topp. (2006). Jab: The Blue Devils of Paramin
de Verteuil, A. and E. Cadiz Topp (2004). C'est Quitte – The French Creoles of Trinidad: A documentary film on the influence of French culture on the life and history of Trinidad. Port-of-Spain: Pearl and Dean. (See extract here.)
Idiom TV's “The Road Less Travelled”
Morris, K. and Vialva, R. (2009). Documentary on Patois Project. School of Business and Computer Sciences.
Newspaper, Blog and other articles
Brereton, B. Creole Grammar. Trinidad Express 10 April 2013
Brereton, B. Froudacity. Trinidad Express 25 April 2013
Brereton, B. The French Creole Narrative. Trinidad Express 7 Nov 2012
Confiant, R. 5 Questions, 5 Réponses. Montray Kréyol. 16 July 2009.
Ferreira, J.S. Trinidad’s Anglicisation Policy or One Big Reason Why Trinidad is No Longer Multilingual. Language Blag. 17 February 2015.
Ferreira, J.S. Where Patois Words Come From. Language Blag. 10 February 2015.
Ferreira, J.S. Caribbean French Creole and Quebec French. Language Blag. 4 February 2015.
Ferreira, J.S. Patois in Calypso. Language Blag. 3 February 2015.
Ferreira, J.S. A Plug for Patois (Part 2). Language Blag. 26 January 2014.
Ferreira, J.S. A Plug for Patois. Language Blag. 26 January 2014.
Ferreira, J.S. Patois Meets Panyol: Venezuela is Closer than You Think. UWI Today April 2013.
Ferreira, J.S. Patois in Trinidad. UWI STAN. Oct 2012-Mar 2013. pp. 66-71.
Homer, L.B. Paramin Keeping Patois Alive. Trinidad Express 31 July 2011
Jéremy, G. Pouvons-nous encore sauver le Créole trinidadien? Caraib Creole News 17 December 2010
Jéremy, G. and C. Guerlotté. Trinidad - Parmain, la dernière forteresse créole? Caraib Creole News 3 January 2011
Kernahan, P. Patois in Trinidad. IdiomTV.com
Kissoon, F. Bar mwen un tee bow. Newsday 1 May 2010
Mathieu, G. Patois - A Living Legacy. Trinidad Guardian 2 June 2009
Neaves, J. Trinidad: A Language Lost (Yon Lang Nou Pèdi). Trinidad Express September 2006.
Spielmann, Florabelle. Eritaj fwansé é kréyòl andidan mès é labitid Trinidad - L'héritage franco-créole et la culture trinidadienne. Guadeloupe, October 2012.
Recorded Conference Presentations
Ferreira, J.S. (2017). L'usage de la graphie créole à Trinidad-et-Tobago. Paper presented at the Conference Tracées de Jean Bernabé par le CRILLASH, Université des Antilles, Schoelcher.
Braithwaite, B. and J.S. Ferreira. (2013). The diversity of endangered languages: Documenting three endangered languages in Trinidad and Tobago. Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC), University of Hawai'i.
Other
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Blizzard, F. and Hodge, N., comp. (2009). Vini Chanté an Patwa: Come Sing in Patois—Patois Songs of Trinidad and Tobago. St Augustine: Society for Caribbean Linguistics/Women Working for Social Progress. See articles in the press: Trinidad Express, Trinidad & Tobago Guardian and UWI Press Release.
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