JO-ANNE S. FERREIRA is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. Her publications include studies on the history of Portuguese language a...view moreJO-ANNE S. FERREIRA is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. Her publications include studies on the history of Portuguese language and culture in the Caribbean and on Trinidadian and other South American Caribbean French Creole varieties.view less