"Of the five nineteen-century general-interest newspapers that have survived to present, the largest is the Daily Gleaner. Established as a literary paper in 1833 by Joshua DeCordova, the paper, the following year, became an advertising sheet, DeCordova's Advertising Sheet. The present Gleaner dates its existence to 1834. ...Except for two Roman Catholic newspapers, the only other newspapers in the region that were developed before the twentieth century are the Nassau Gaurdian, Voice of St. Lucia, Barbados Advocate News and Bermuda Royal Gazette. " (author)
Discusses several studies related to pidgin and creole languages of the Caribbean region and provides a background of its origin and development. The developments in the study of pidgins and creoles includes the evolution of studies on its similarities, variability, the clarification of the debate over the origin of the Black English and the idea about it as sociolinguistic.
"In the early days of television, programme content was almost totally imported. Fourteen years the programming situation still reflects an excessive dependence on imported television programmes." (author)
