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.

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.

Added entries:

Kariouk Pecquet du Bellay de Verton, Nicolas, 1930-

Holdings:

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