Benjamin Hebblethwaite
Assistant Professor in Haitian Creole & French
Department of Romance Languages & Literatures
The University of Florida
363 Dauer Hall
P.O. Box 117405
Gainesville, FL 32611-7405

Phone: (352) 392-2016 ext. 243
FAX (352) 392-5679

Hello, I’m Benjamin Hebblethwaite! Thanks for coming to my site. I teach Haitian Creole
language classes, Haitian Culture and Society, and Haitian Literature classes. Soon I will
also teach classes in French and Haitian Creole Linguistics. I love to study and speak Haitian
Creole, French and Dutch.

I earned my Ph.D. in French Linguistics (2007) at Indiana University. My dissertation quantitatively
examines the syntax of code-switching among Miami Haitian Creole-English bilinguals. Soon
(sometime before December 2007) you can go to ProQuest to read it for free. My main interests in
linguistics are syntax, code-switching, bilingualism, Creole studies, morphology, sociolinguistics
and historical linguistics. I’m also interested in publishing important translations in bilingual or
trilingual English/Haitian Creole/French editions. For example, see I have a dream by Martin Luther
King, Jr. below or go to Amazon.com to see: The Gospel of Thomas in English, Haitian Creole and French.
I’m also interested in Haitian Creole and French literature and Netherlandic languages and cultures, especially
De UF Nederlandse conversatiegroep.

If you want to enroll in Haitian Creole classes at UF, but don’t know where you fit in given your Creole-speaking background,
please send me an e-mail at hebble@ufl edu (This is an anti-spam listing, i.e. insert a dot where a space occurs).
I want to hear from you!
Also, new this semester is the University of Florida's Journal of Intermediate Haitian Creole

Please click here to find my CV
Teaching Philosophy
Teaching Evaluations (from Indiana University)

Translations:
First time in print in Haitian Creole:
The Gospel of Thomas in English, Haitian Creole and French, Classic Editions, 2005
Benjamin Hebblethwaite and Jacques Pierre, Hans-Gebhard Bethge and Michel Weber


That's me on the left chatting with a farmer who was purchasing a new head
for his pick-axe at this small supply depot in Bèl Rivyè, South-Eastern Haiti.
He told me that he had D.D.T. in his spray backpack and that it is the most
effective weapon against pests. Note that D.D.T. is illegal in the U.S.A. because
it has been found to cause birth defects. However, it is manufactured in the U.S.A.
and sold to countries like Haiti.

Translations: (All translations Copyright © 2003/2004 Benjamin Hebblethwaite)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Mwen gen yon rèv ~ I have a dream" in bilingual Haitian Creole/English format (translated by Benjamin Hebblethwaite and Nicolas André)

Marie de France
Prefas
"Pyebwa frenn nan ~ Le fraisne" in bilingual Haitian Creole Old French format (translated by Benjamin Hebblethwaite and Jacques Pierre)

Damadada (First Buddhist excerpts to appear in Haitian Creole)
Prefas: Entwodiksyon nan tradisyon boudis la
Vèsè Marasa ~ Twin Verses (translated by Benjamin Hebblethwaite)
Vijilans
Lespri
Flè yo
Sòt la

In this photo I touch the "Tree of Judgment" in Milo where Northern
Haiti's great king, Roi Henri Christophe, passed judgment.
To any Haitian from the north, Roi Christophe is revered with awe. Among
his astonishing accomplishments was the construction of the Sitadèl, an
enormous fortress designed to thwart any attempt by France or any
other nation to reoccupy Haiti. The Sitadèl still stands and is considered to be
an architectural wonder by the UN.

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Last updated on September 14th, 2007