Main entry:

Edwards, Jay Dearborn.

Title & Author:

A Creole lexicon : architecture, landscape, people / Jay Dearborn Edwards and Nicolas Kariouk Pecquet du Bellay de Verton ; illustrations by William Brockway, Charles Funderburk, Mary Lee Eggart.

Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2004.

Description:

xxx, 269 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-269) and index.
Lexical Creolization ; The Creole languages of Louisiana ; Louisiana's vernacular architecture ; Retrospective -- How to use this lexicon -- Abbreviations -- Creole lexicon -- Topical indexes : Physical geography ; Cultural geography and landscape ; Plantation and farm ; Units of measure: linear, areal, cadastral, volume, and weight ; People, professions, social and racial categories, cultural and governmental institutions ; Louisiana folk vehicles, watercraft, parts, harness and tackle ; Architectural styles and interpretation ; Types of buildings and houses ; Rooms and spaces of houses and buildings ; Components of buildings ; Materials of construction ; Historic building hardware, decorative fittings and finishes ; Tools and implements ; Furniture, furnishings, and certain implements of the Creole house ; Some French and Creole verbs ; Geographical references -- Appendix : A componential analysis of New Orleans vernacular core modules.

Summary:

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 those who need to understand its meanings, but with A Creole Lexicon, Jay Edwards and Nicolas Kariouk provide a highly organized resource for its recovery. Newly produced diagrams and drawings, as well as original reproductions, and sixteen subject indexes help make this an invaluable reference for exploring and preserving Louisiana's cultural heritage.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

0807127647 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780807127643 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Vernacular architecture Louisiana Terminology.
Creoles Material culture Louisiana Terminology.
Architecture vernaculaire Louisiane Terminologie.
Créoles Culture matérielle Louisiane Terminologie.
Vernacular architecture.
Volksarchitektur
Wörterbuch
Louisiana.
Kreolen.
Louisiana-Kreolisch.

Form/genre:

Terminology.
Dictionaries.

Added entries:

Kariouk Pecquet du Bellay de Verton, Nicolas, 1930-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 238215
Call No.: BIB 168073
Status: Available