Lise Winer Papers
Abstract
The collection contains material acumulated by Professor Lise Winer for her research on languages in the Caribbean. It also contains much of the research accumulated for her publication of the Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago.
Dates
- Creation: 1982-2009
Conditions Governing Access
Access subject to Library's policy.
Biographical / Historical
Lise Winer, Canadian and Professor at McGill University, received her doctorate in linguistics from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. She has researched and published extensively on languages in the Caribbean and is an outstanding lexicographer. Among her publications is the Dictionary of English/Creole of Trinidad and Tobago.
Extent
17 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Organized into series including : correspondence, files for publications, research material, Trinidad research and notebooks.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated by Professor Lise Winer.
- Title
- Lise Winer Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Special Collections Department
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies Repository
St. Augustine
Trinidad and Tobago
868-662-2002 Ext 82132
868-662-9238 (Fax)